The elected prosecutor for the seven-county 3rd Judicial Circuit until 2019, Siegmeister pleaded guilty in February to conspiracy, wire fraud and tax charges that carried a statutory potential for up to 48 years in prison.
in February to conspiracy, wire fraud and tax charges that carried a statutory potential for up to 48 years in prison.of extorting payoffs and came to his sentencing with a prosecutor asking Howard to show some lenience for his cooperation.
Siegmeister “has fallen from a position of leadership and status to a person who has damaged, in some eyes irreparably, his reputation and integrity,” Assistant Federal Defender Waffa Hanania, told Howard inWith the reduction recommended by prosecutors, sentencing guidelines called for a term of 37 to 46 months.
The report said Siegmeister financially overextended himself while trying, and failing, to save his marriage. In assembling a case against Siegmeister and defense attorney Marion Michael O’Steen, prosecutors had said the state attorney raised bulls on a small farm and that after O’Steen asked about leniency for one of his clients, the state attorney suggested that people buy some of the bulls. In another case, two DUI charges against a tractor-dealership's manager were reduced in return for a $20,000 sales discount.
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