Former Adelanto City Councilman Jermaine Wright was sentenced to five years in federal prison Monday for bribery and attempted arson.
Jermaine Wright was arrested in 2017 for soliciting a $10,000 bribe from an undercover FBI agent in exchange for helping a cannabis business open in the city. Authorities said he also hired a man to set fire to a restaurant he owned so that he could collect $300,000 in insurance money.
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Seventeen cities and counties have received a total of $100 million in state funds to help transition local cannabis businesses to the legal market.
Former Adelanto Mayor Rich Kerr was arrested Friday for allegedly accepting $57,000 in bribes from cannabis businesses in exchange for help securing licenses and permits to operate in the city.
Desert Hot Springs will lower its marijuana cultivation tax to make itself a more competitive destination for cannabis businesses.
“We inherited a mess with these pending lawsuits from the prior administration.”