How far they've fallen
Decatur Daily Democrat (IN)
November 26, 2010
A federal appeals court recently unanimously rejected a Lake County political insider's appeal of his fraud conviction and a six-year sentence he is currrently serving.
Robert Cantrell's request for a rehearing among the three-judge panel and his request for a hearing before all the appellate judges was denied. The court rejected his earlier appeal in August.
Cantrell - a onetime Republican chairman in East Chicago - was convicted in 2008 on 11 counts of fraud and fraud-related charges alleging that he steered contracts to a third party in exchange for kickbacks. He was also convicted of filing false income tax returns and insurance fraud.
Longtime basketball fans may remember Bobby Cantrell as a member of East Chicago Washington High School's 1960 state champion basketball team, a Trester Award winner and starting guard on the University of Michigan's 1964 Final Four team, Surprise!
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