DALLAS (KRLD) - A federal judge sentenced former Reeves County Judge Jimmy Galindo to over two years in prison on federal bribery and income tax-related charges. He also has to pay $876,000 in restitution.
He will be placed on supervised release for three years after completing his prison term.
On June 12, 2017, Galindo, pleaded guilty to a criminal Information charging one count of conspiracy to commit bribery and one count of failure to file income tax returns. He served as County Judge for Reeves County from January 1995 through December 2006.
Investigators say Galindo negotiated a contract with a company owned by Vernon C. Farthing, III, of Lubbock, TX, to provide medical services for inmates located in the Reeves County Correctional Center. Galindo signed the contract in 2006.
Prosecutors say Galindo conspired with Farthing and former District 19 Texas State Senator Carlos Uresti to ensure that Farthing's company was awarded that contract.
Investigators say Farthing agreed to hire Uresti as a consultant and pay him around $10,000 a month. Uresti agreed to pay Galindo one-half of the money he received from Farthing's company.
From January 2007 until September 30, 2016, Uresti paid Galindo approximately half of the monies Uresti received each month from Farthing. Prosecutors say Galindo failed to file individual income tax returns dating back to 2004.
Uresti received five years in federal prison for his role in the scheme. Last year, a federal jury acquitted Farthing of all charges.
