ACTON, Maine — A former elected official of a Maine town will serve a six month jail sentence for tax evasion.
A Maine jury found Richard Weymouth guilty of 19 counts of income, sales and use tax evasion in September. He was elected to several terms on Acton's budget committee and road committee and also worked for the town plowing roads. A judge sentenced him to three years in prison with all but six months suspended and two years of probation on Friday.
Attorney General Janet Mills has said Weymouth evaded Maine and federal income taxes between 2006 and 2012 by failing to report most of the income he earned from his snow plow and excavation business. He also falsely claimed to be a legal resident of New Hampshire in tax documents.