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Final sentencing date set for PSJA ISD scandal
Posted: 07.27.2010 at 2:45 PM
Sergio Chapa

Sergio is KGBT's Interactive Manager and a reporter for VALLEYCENTRAL.COM.

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A 'final' sentencing date has been set for all six people remaining in the PSJA Independent School District bribery scandal.

Rogelio "Roy" Rodriguez, Arturo Guajardo, Raul "Roy" Navarro, Evaneglina "Vangie" De Leon, George Alonzo Hernandez and Arnulfo Cuahtemoc Olivarez are all scheduled to appear in federal court together.

The case was originally filed back in May 2007 but one-by-one, each of the six pleaded guilty to their roles in the case between December 2007 and December 2009.

Their sentencing have been postponed numerous times with prosecutors dismissing charges against a seventh suspect Ricardo De Leon back in January 2008.

Rodriguez and the other five remaining suspects are now set to appear for sentencing before U.S. District Court Judge Ricardo Hinojosa in McAllen at 9:30 a.m. on Friday, August 27th.

Each of them faces different prison terms ranging from five to 20 years in prison.