CALIFORNIA IN BRIEF : SAN DIEGO : Ex-Mayor Pleads Guilty in Fraud

Nancy Hoover Hunter pleaded guilty to four felony counts stemming from the J. David & Co. investment fraud, finally admitting criminal involvement in the $80-million scam and bringing to an end various federal cases against her. Under a plea bargain, she pleaded guilty to two counts apiece in two separate cases. U.S. District Judge Earl B. Gilliam sentenced Hunter, 51, to 10 years in prison. But Gilliam ordered the term to run concurrently with the 10-year term he imposed after Hunter was convicted in December of income tax evasion charges. In exchange for the guilty pleas, federal prosecutors agreed to drop the hundreds of remaining charges against the former Del Mar mayor.