Friday, May 2, 2008

Mayor/Pastor Headed to Jail

The one-time mayor of Fairbanks has been sentenced to more than five years in prison for misusing $450,000 of government grants. Jim Hayes convicted of diverting the money to a nonprofit social service organization and the Lily of the Valley Church of God in Christ - where he is pastor. Prosecutors say they had traced the money to payments for a plasma television and a wedding reception for the couple's son.

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