WHITTIER : Ex-Sen. Hill, Aide Report to Federal Prison Camp
Former state Sen. Frank Hill (R-Whittier) reported to the minimum-security federal prison camp near Boron on Wednesday to begin serving a 46-month sentence on political corruption charges.
Also reporting to the desert encampment was Hill’s co-defendant, former legislative aide Terry E. Frost, who began a 21-month sentence. Hill was found guilty of extortion, conspiracy and money laundering for taking a $2,500 payment from an undercover FBI agent in 1988. Frost was found guilty of conspiracy.
The isolated camp, where temperatures can reach 110 degrees in summer, is also home to ex-Sen. Joseph B. Montoya (D-Whittier), who has served more than four years of a six-year sentence after his separate conviction on corruption charges.
All three men were caught up in an FBI sting operation in which federal agents masqueraded as Southern businessmen seeking to buy influence in the Legislature.
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