Landon Sexton

Landon Sexton
Member of the Kentucky Senate
from the 34th district
In office
January 1, 1987 – February 7, 1994
Preceded byJon Ackerson (redistricting)
Succeeded byBarry Metcalf
Personal details
Born (1941-12-28) December 28, 1941 (age 82)
Political partyRepublican

Landon Carter Sexton (born December 28, 1941) is an American politician, and a former Republican member of the Kentucky Senate.[1] He lives in Pine Knot, Kentucky, United States.

On February 16, 1994, Sexton pleaded guilty to accepting a $5,000 cash donation from a Humana lobbyist after the 1990 General Assembly.[2] He was caught taking bribes during a widespread bribery investigation of horseracing by the FBI known as Operation Boptrot. He was sentenced to 15 weekends in jail, 2 months' home detention and two years' probation in 1994.[3]

  1. ^ "Daily News - Google News Archive Search". Retrieved 16 February 2015.
  2. ^ Loftus, Tom (February 17, 1994). "Sexton pleads guilty to mail-fraud charge". The Courier-Journal. Louisville, Kentucky. p. 12. Retrieved April 12, 2018.
  3. ^ Loftus, Tom (April 21, 1994). "Sexton gets weekend jail, $5,000 fine for fraud in BOPTROT". The Courier-Journal (Metro ed.). Louisville, Kentucky. p. 8.