Walter Ronnie Sailor Jr.

Walter Ronnie "Ron" Sailor Jr. (born c. 1975) is a former State Representative in the Georgia General Assembly from the 93 District. He represented parts of DeKalb and Rockdale counties[1] from 2001 to 2006.

Sailor resigned his office in March 2008 after pleading guilty to charges of money laundering and attempted laundering of what he believed were proceeds from the sale of cocaine, but what was actually a government sting operation. [1] He received a sentence of five years imprisonment.

He then tried to cover the crime by laundering $250,000 through false loans using as collateral property belonging to the Greater New Light Missionary Baptist Church of which he was the pastor. He was sentenced to five years and three months in federal prison.[2][3]

Sailor Jr. is the son of African-American TV and radio broadcast journalist W. Ron Sailor Sr.[4]

References
  1. "State Rep. Sailor pleads guilty to laundering and resigns". Atlanta Business Chronicle. March 18, 2008.
  2. "Former State Rep. Sailor gets five years for defrauding his church". Atlanta Business Chronicle. September 16, 2008.
  3. Department of Justice, States Attorney David E. Nahmias, Northern District of Georgia (September 17, 2008). "RON SAILOR JR. SENTENCED TO OVER 5 YEARS ON FEDERAL CHARGES" (PDF). justice.gov.CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  4. "W. Ron Sailor Sr., 61: Pastor and former TV and radio personality". The Atlanta Journal-Constitution. October 7, 2013.


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