CL – Younger Scruggs also going to jail

Younger Scruggs also going to jail

Although federal prosecutors recommended probation, U.S. District Judge Neal Biggers sentenced Zach Scruggs, 33, to 14 months in prison and fined him $250,000 for having after-the-knowledge of a scheme to bribe a Lafayette County judge to get a favorable ruling in a legal fees dispute.

“I wish I could go back and change it. I should have stopped what happened. I should have objected,” he told the judge. “My challenge now is to rebuild my life.”

Under a plea agreement, prosecutors had recommended probation, but U.S. District Judge Neal Biggers concluded the younger Scruggs needed to spend time behind bars for his crime.

Clarion Ledger
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