Jeremy Hutchinson
More than three years after pleading guilty, former Republican state senator Jeremy Hutchinson is scheduled to be sentenced for filing a false tax return.
U.S. District Judge Kristine Baker last week set Hutchinson’s sentencing date for Feb. 3 in federal court in Little Rock. He faces up to three years in prison and a fine of up to $100,000.
Hutchinson, the nephew of Gov. Asa Hutchinson, agreed in June 2019 to plead guilty to stealing more than $10,000 in campaign contributions and falsifying state campaign finance reports and tax filings. The plea was part of a larger settlement in a federal corruption case that snared public officials in Missouri and Arkansas.
As part of that settlement, Hutchinson pleaded guilty to accepting more than $157,000 in bribes from a Fayetteville dentist, Dr. Ben Burris, whose intent was to influence Hutchinson’s actions as a legislator.
Burris, formerly of Fayetteville, was sentenced in January to a year and a day in federal prison.
As of Wednesday morning, no sentencing date had been set for Hutchinson in that case.
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