Former Long Beach politician Norm Ryan was sentenced today to 180 days in Shasta County Jail effective immediately, to be followed by 180 days' adult work program and three years' probation, according to news blog www.anewscafe.com.
Ryan was convicted in May of five felonies in the embezzlement of about $1,400 from a nonprofit animal-control authority, which he had served as CEO. Ryan bilked Haven Humane Society in Redding of about $700 to attend a Humane Society of the United States conference in 2007 in Chicago that didn't take place, and also used his work credit card to pay for an approximately $600 personal trip to San Francisco, prosecutors said during the trial.
Before moving to Redding, Ryan was well-known in Long Beach political circles. He served on a water board, led the campaign to lower the city's utility users' tax, served as Lowell Elementary School PTA and made unsuccessful runs for mayor and City Council.
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