Former state attorney, Jeffrey Siegmeister, received a 40-month prison sentence Monday, for everything from taking bribes to taking advantage of an elderly man and stealing hundreds of thousands of dollars from him.
As soon as Siegmeister was caught, he cooperated immediately with the U.S. Government’s investigation. That actually got him a lower sentence, but the judge stopped short of letting him out of jail today after only 20 months because he’s undercut the public’s faith in the judicial system.
News4JAX anchor and reporter Scott Johnson attempted to speak with Siegmeister’s brother after the sentencing Monday, he declined.In court Monday, they discussed how Siegmeister would take bribes, as state attorney he was known to look the other way and not prosecute people who financially supported his political career.
He says several people prosecuted by Siegmeister want their cases reviewed. He also says Siegmeister was known to tell his assistants to increase people’s jail sentences, then in court today actually asked for his own sentence to be lessened. In court today Siegmeister asked for even more leniency saying his life, is a “nuclear wasteland of what I’ve left behind”. But the judge, said she had given her share of leniency telling him that he had been “undermining the confidence”
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