Crime & Safety
Former Adelanto Councilman Guilty Of Bribing Undercover FBI Agents, Paying To Burn His Own Restaurant Down
Wright, who was at the time an Adelanto city councilman and the city's mayor pro tem, was found to have accepted a $10,000 bribe.
June 27, 2022
The former mayor pro tem of Adelanto faces several years in federal prison after being found guilty of attempted arson and bribery.
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Jermaine Wright, 46, of Riverside was found guilty last Wednesday of one count each of bribery of programs receiving federal funds and attempted arson of a building affecting interstate commerce, according to the Department of Justice.
The case against Wright started with a 2017 federal investigation into possible corruption in the San Bernardino County city of Adelanto. During the investigation, Wright was introduced to two undercover FBI agents whose conversations in two separate plots were recorded, according to evidence presented at trial.
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