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==Fowler imprisoned==
==Fowler imprisoned==
After Fowler left the commissioner's office, he was charged and convicted of accepting kickbacks on voting machines and income tax evasion. Much of the investigation was handled through the office of the Republican legislative auditor [[Dan Kyle]]. In November 2000, he pleaded guilty to defrauding the State of Louisiana of some $900,000 between 1991 and 1999. Many observers believed that he actually obtained $3 million illegally. Fowler's attorney said that his client spent the money [[gambling]]. Fowler was sentenced to five years in prison and served four years in the Federal Correctional Institution in [[Beaumont, Texas|Beaumont]], Texas. He was then released to the Ecumenical House, a half-way house in Baton Rouge, where he served an additional number of months.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bop.gov/inmateloc/|title=Inmate Locator: Jerry Marston Fowler|publisher=Bureau of Prisons|accessdate=August 21, 2019}}</ref>
After Fowler left the commissioner's office, he was charged and convicted of accepting kickbacks on voting machines and income tax evasion. Much of the investigation was handled through the office of the Republican legislative auditor [[Dan Kyle]]. In November 2000, he pleaded guilty to defrauding the State of Louisiana of some $900,000 between 1991 and 1999. Many observers believed that he actually obtained $3 million illegally. Fowler's attorney said that his client spent the money [[gambling]]. Fowler was sentenced to five years in prison and served four years in the Federal Correctional Institution in [[Beaumont]], Texas. He was then released to the Ecumenical House, a half-way house in Baton Rouge, where he served an additional number of months.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bop.gov/inmateloc/|title=Inmate Locator: Jerry Marston Fowler|publisher=Bureau of Prisons|accessdate=August 21, 2019}}</ref>
Fowler's 1996, 1997 and 1998 U.S. Individual Income Tax Returns, Forms 1040, reflect adjusted gross income of $157,949.54; $185,938.00 and $165,272.00, respectively. His corrected figures, including money from kickbacks, is $482,053.54; $487,891.29; and $419,312.00 in 1996, 1997 and 1998, respectively.
Fowler's 1996, 1997 and 1998 U.S. Individual Income Tax Returns, Forms 1040, reflect adjusted gross income of $157,949.54; $185,938.00 and $165,272.00, respectively. His corrected figures, including money from kickbacks, is $482,053.54; $487,891.29; and $419,312.00 in 1996, 1997 and 1998, respectively.
The odds are the job would still be a Fowler fiefdom if the second occupant of the office had not been caught looting the till in 1999. A legislative auditor found that Jerry Fowler had been taking kickbacks on the purchase of voting machines and occasionally paying friends of his to haul them around even when there was no election scheduled. Fowler was indicted on eight counts of malfeasance in office, entered a guilty plea, and was sentenced to prison for five years<ref name=jwr/></blockquote>
The odds are the job would still be a Fowler fiefdom if the second occupant of the office had not been caught looting the till in 1999. A legislative auditor found that Jerry Fowler had been taking kickbacks on the purchase of voting machines and occasionally paying friends of his to haul them around even when there was no election scheduled. Fowler was indicted on eight counts of malfeasance in office, entered a guilty plea, and was sentenced to prison for five years<ref name=jwr/></blockquote>
==Abduction of Mari Ann Fowler==
==Abduction of Mari Ann Fowler==