BREAKING NEWS – Memphis, Tennessee – A Democratic state senator from Tennessee was convicted of wire fraud after being accused of paying for personal expenses.
A jury found state Sen. Katrina Robinson guilty on four out of five counts after she was unexpectedly acquitted by a judge days earlier on 15 separate counts for fraud, theft and embezzlement.
Robinson was accused of using the money to pay for her wedding, honeymoon, subsequent divorce fees, a 2016 Jeep Renegade for her daughter, home renovations and an investment in a snow cone company run by her children.
Her defense had requested all 20 charges be dismissed, alleging that she did not use the money for personal expenses, she used them for “personnel” expenses, and who she deemed as personnel is her children, her divorce attorney, and ice machine operators at a snow cone company.