Ex-GSA Official Gets Jail Time

The case of Dessie Ruth Nelson, 65, of Oakland, Calif., a longtime General Services Administration employee who pleaded guilty earlier this year to accepting more than $100,000 in bribes and a Caribbean cruise from a firm providing security to federal buildings, has come to a close.

The San Francisco Chronicle reports that Nelson was sentenced Monday to five years in federal prison. She also was ordered to forfeit $138,500 and pay $38,780 in restitution to the Internal Revenue Service.