FORMER STATE SENATOR PHIL GRIEGO HAD UNTIL FRIDAY, MARCH 9TH, TO REPORT TO PRISON TO BEGIN AN 18 MONTH SENTENCE FOR FRAUD AND BRIBERY. BUT THE 69 YEAR OLD TURNED HIMSELF IN ON THURSDAY …A DAY EARLY.
GRIEGO, FROM SAN JOSE, WAS CONVICTED ON CORRUPTION CHARGES LAST YEAR FOR HIS ROLE IN THE PURCHASE OF A STATE OWNED BUILDING WHILE HE WAS IN THE LEGISLATURE. PROSECUTORS ALLEGED HE CONCEALED THE FACT HE WOULD BENEFIT FINANCIALLY FROM THE DEAL.
GRIEGO COULD BE OUT IN NINE MONTHS UNDER GOOD TIME INCENTIVES.
