GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. – The former head of a Michigan marijuana licensing board who also once served as Michigan’s House Speaker will spend time behind bars.
Rick Vernon Johnson was sentenced Thursday, Sept. 28 after he admitted he accepted $110,000 for approving applications. He had admitted he had used that money to pay for trips and sex workers while he was the chairman of the Michigan Medical Marijuana Licensing Board.
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Johnson was sentenced to 55 months behind bars, followed by two years of supervised release and was fined $50,000.
Three others have been charged in the case. Two of them will be sentenced in October.
