by
Joe Earle
Suspended DeKalb CEO Burrell Ellis has been sentenced to serve 18 months in prison on his convictions for lying to a grand jury and trying to extort a campaign contribution from a county vendor, ajc.com and WSB-TV Channel 2 are reporting.
Ellis was sentenced July 8.
Joe Earle is a former Editor-at-Large for Rough Draft. He has more than 30-years of experience at newspapers, including The Atlanta Journal-Constitution and was Managing Editor of Reporter Newspapers. More by Joe Earle
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