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Jon Woods, the former state senator from Springdale, was sentenced Wednesday to 220 months, more than 18 years, in prison for his role in a conspiracy to deliver kickbacks on state grants given to nonprofits at his direction.
Woods, 41, was convicted in U.S. District Court in May of 15 counts: one count each of honest services mail fraud, conspiracy to commit honest services fraud and money laundering plus 12 counts of honest services wire fraud.
In addition to prison time, U.S. District Judge Timothy Brooks sentenced Woods to three years of supervised...