FRANKFORT, Ky. —Johnny Ray Turner, Kentucky State Senator for the 29th District, was sentenced today to one year probation, three months home detention by United States District Court Judge Karen K. Caldwell, after pleading guilty in December of last year.

Turner pleaded guilty to an information charging non willful vote buying, a misdemeanor, associated with his run in the May 2000 Primary for State Senate.

During the May Primary Campaign in 2000, Turner, along with Loren Glenn and Ross Harris, were accused of funneling large sums of money from Harris into the campaign using straw contributors and then used this money to illegally pay people to vote for Turner.

They issued the checks under the guise of “vote hauling” and “campaign work” and filed false reports to the Kentucky Registry of Election Finance in order to cover up the contribution and expenditures illegalities.

Amul R. Thapar, United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Kentucky, and Steven H. Gurley, Special Agent in Charge, Federal Bureau of Investigation in Louisville, Ky., jointly made the announcement today.

The investigation was conducted by the Federal Bureau of Investigation in Pikeville. Assistant United States Attorneys Kenneth R. Taylor and Patrick H. Molloy represented the United States in the case.

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