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Former Cleveland Councilwoman Sabra Pierce Scott sentenced for bribery

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Sabra Pierce Scott By Kathy Wray Coleman , Editor of Cleveland Urban News.Com and The Kathy Wray Coleman Online News Blog,.Com ( www.kathywraycolemanonlinenewsblog.com ) and ( www.clevelandurbannews.com ) CLEVELAND, Ohio- The never-ending Cuyahoga County corruption probe that has stung the Cuyahoga County Democratic Party and netted to date over 60 guilty pleas or convictions, including two former common pleas judges, former county commissioner Jimmy Dimora, and prior county auditor Frank Russo, has dipped into Cleveland City Hall and into Cleveland's Black community as former Cleveland City Councilwoman Sabra Pierce Scott was sentenced on Tuesday in U.S. district court in Cleveland to 3 years probation for taking bribes. U.S. District Court Judge Christopher Boyko also sentenced the former city lawmaker, who appeared in court with more than 60 supporters, to eight months house arrest.  She had pleaded guilty and agreed to help prosecutors, allegedly including a deal t