DALLAS (NBC 5) - Rick Sorrells, the disgraced former superintendent of Dallas County Schools, was sentenced to seven years in federal prison Wednesday morning for his role in the corruption scandal that destroyed the 172-year-old school bus agency in November 2017. He was also sentenced to pay $125 million in restitution.
Sorrells, an admitted criminal, was convicted for wire fraud after admitting to the Department of Justice to receiving more than $3 million in bribes.
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