In Hammond Federal Court today, nwi-dot-com is reporting Thomas Philpot has been sentenced to eighteen-months in prison for paying himself more than 24-thousand dollars in bonuses from federal child support incentive funds while he was Lake County Clerk. Philpot, who also served ten-years as Lake County Coroner, has reportedly been ordered to surrender to federal authorities on April third. He was convicted last August.
http://www.nwitimes.com/news/local/lake/philpot-sentenced-to-months-for-public-corruption/article_aba6c9bb-30fc-566b-8677-add5be564b89.html
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