The Baltimore County political operative who took $22,000 in cash bribes from undercover FBI agents and then agreed to wear a body wire for federal investigators – a pivotal role in the conviction of former Maryland state Sen. Nathaniel T. Oaks (D) — was sentenced Tuesday to two months of home detention and nine weekends in jail for falsifying an income tax return.
Robert James Barrett, 67, of Upperco, once a top aide to two Baltimore County executives, was sentenced in Baltimore by U.S. District Judge Richard D. Bennett, who had accepted his guilty plea to the one income tax charge more than a year ago, on Sept. 19, 2017.
Bennett ordered Barrett, who pleaded guilty to lying on his 2013 tax return, to pay $16,660 in back taxes, plus whatever additional amount the Internal Revenue Service requires, along with a $22,000 fine. He also must pay an assessment of $100.
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