Landon Sexton Explained

Landon Sexton
State Senate:Kentucky
District:34th
Term Start:January 1, 1987
Term End:February 7, 1994
Predecessor:Jon Ackerson (redistricting)
Successor:Barry Metcalf
Birth Date:28 December 1941
Party:Republican

Landon Carter Sexton (born December 28, 1941) is an American politician, and a former Republican member of the Kentucky Senate.[1] He lives in Pine Knot, Kentucky, United States.

On February 16, 1994, Sexton pleaded guilty to accepting a $5,000 cash donation from a Humana lobbyist after the 1990 General Assembly.[2] He was caught taking bribes during a widespread bribery investigation of horseracing by the FBI known as Operation Boptrot. He was sentenced to 15 weekends in jail, 2 months' home detention and two years' probation in 1994.[3]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Daily News - Google News Archive Search. 16 February 2015.
  2. News: Loftus . Tom . February 17, 1994 . Sexton pleads guilty to mail-fraud charge . The Courier-Journal . Louisville, Kentucky . 12 . April 12, 2018.
  3. News: Loftus . Tom . April 21, 1994 . Sexton gets weekend jail, $5,000 fine for fraud in BOPTROT . Metro . The Courier-Journal . Louisville, Kentucky . 8 .