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North Carolina school board member gets prison time after obstruction, extortion convictions

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SMITHFIELD, N.C. (AP) — A central North Carolina local school board member was sentenced to active prison time after being convicted of extortion and other crimes, with some related to the attempted blackmail of a congressional candidate. At the close of a trial Friday, jurors found Ronald Lee Johnson Jr. guilty of four counts. Superior Court Judge Joseph Crosswhite sentenced Johnson to 6 to 17 months in prison for a felony obstruction convictio…
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