/tags/p-g-sittenfeld P.G. Sittenfeld en-US Copyright Mon, 03 Mar 2025 06:55:00 GMT /local-news/2025-03-03/odds-p-g-sittenfeld-case-u-s-supreme-court The three-judge panel that rejected his appeal also suggested the high court review his case, and the Supreme Court takes more public corruption cases than other kinds. Mon, 03 Mar 2025 06:55:00 GMT /local-news/2025-03-03/odds-p-g-sittenfeld-case-u-s-supreme-court Nick Swartsell /local-news/2025-02-27/sittenfeld-u-s-supreme-court-review-case The U.S. Sixth District Court of Appeals Wednesday ruled former Cincinnati City Council member P.G. Sittenfeld can stay out of prison pending an attempt to seek a review of his case by the high court. Thu, 27 Feb 2025 22:43:56 GMT /local-news/2025-02-27/sittenfeld-u-s-supreme-court-review-case Nick Swartsell /politics/2025-02-11/former-council-member-sittenfeld-loses-appeal-bribery-conviction A jury found Sittenfeld guilty on one charge of bribery and one charge of extortion in 2022. Tue, 11 Feb 2025 16:17:54 GMT /politics/2025-02-11/former-council-member-sittenfeld-loses-appeal-bribery-conviction Becca Costello /local-news/2024-05-15/p-g-sittenfeld-to-be-released-from-prison-pending-appeal Sittenfeld has served roughly 4 1/2 months of his 16 month sentence for his public corruption conviction. Wed, 15 May 2024 17:56:32 GMT /local-news/2024-05-15/p-g-sittenfeld-to-be-released-from-prison-pending-appeal WCPO /local-news/2023-10-10/pg-sittenfeld-sentence-corruption-case U.S. District Court Judge Douglass Cole weighed many factors, including the sentences of two of Sittenfeld's fellow council members. Wed, 11 Oct 2023 19:37:43 GMT /local-news/2023-10-10/pg-sittenfeld-sentence-corruption-case Nick Swartsell /local-news/2023-09-19/sittenfeld-ordered-pay-back-money-fbi A federal judge signed an order telling former Cincinnati City Councilmember P.G. Sittenfeld to return $20,000 at the center of his 2022 bribery conviction. Tue, 19 Sep 2023 21:13:51 GMT /local-news/2023-09-19/sittenfeld-ordered-pay-back-money-fbi Nick Swartsell /local-news/2023-07-12/sentencing-date-set-for-former-city-council-member-p-g-sittenfeld His sentencing is scheduled for Oct. 10 before U.S. District Judge Douglas Cole. Sittenfeld faces two to three years in prison after he was found guilty last July on one charge of bribery and one charge of attempted extortion. Wed, 12 Jul 2023 14:51:34 GMT /local-news/2023-07-12/sentencing-date-set-for-former-city-council-member-p-g-sittenfeld Tana Weingartner /politics/2022-07-13/city-will-ask-former-council-member-to-repay-at-least-71k-after-bribery-conviction City officials will ask former Cincinnati City Councilman P.G. Sittenfeld to repay his salary and benefits from 2020 and 2021, valued at roughly $71,500, after a jury found him guilty of bribery and attempted extortion last week. Wed, 13 Jul 2022 11:27:57 GMT /politics/2022-07-13/city-will-ask-former-council-member-to-repay-at-least-71k-after-bribery-conviction Paula Christian, WCPO /politics/2022-07-13/analysis-sittenfeld-conviction-culture-of-corruption-cincinnati-city-hall "What P.G. was doing was new school corruption — not for personal gain, but political gain," says David Niven, associate professor of political science at the University of Cincinnati. Wed, 13 Jul 2022 08:16:00 GMT /politics/2022-07-13/analysis-sittenfeld-conviction-culture-of-corruption-cincinnati-city-hall Howard Wilkinson /show/cincinnati-edition/2022-07-13/p-g-sittenfeld-sentencing-years-in-prison What is next for the former Cincinnati City Councilmember convicted in his public corruption trial? Wed, 13 Jul 2022 08:01:00 GMT /show/cincinnati-edition/2022-07-13/p-g-sittenfeld-sentencing-years-in-prison