Wednesday, August 11, 2010

08112010 - News Article - Judge upholds Cantrell sentence - ROBERT CANTRELL



Judge upholds Cantrell sentence
NWI Times
Aug 11, 2010
nwitimes.com/news/local/lake/judge-upholds-cantrell-sentence/article_2cf506ab-4317-5dc6-8bff-2633dcd98a9f.html
CHICAGO | A panel of three judges with the 7th Circuit Court of Appeals affirmed U.S. District Court Judge Rudy Lozano's sentencing of former Lake County power broker Robert Cantrell on Wednesday.

Cantrell, a former North Township supervisor, was charged with honest services fraud, insurance fraud, filing false tax returns and other charges in 2007. He helped a counseling business get a contract with North Township and received money from the business in return, without revealing the arrangement with other township officials. Cantrell also arranged for two people to get health insurance coverage through the business by creating false employment records.

Lozano sentenced Cantrell to 78 months in prison in March 2009.

In the eight-page document issued Wednesday, Judge Terrance Evans wrote that Lozano had "to explain why the sentence was appropriate in light of Cantrell's arguments. And that he did." Evans went on to state that "there is no evidence that the district judge committed procedural error or otherwise acted unreasonably in imposing a within-guideline sentence."

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