TUCSON, Ariz. (AP) -- Former Marana mayor Bobby Sutton Jr. and a co-defendant have pleaded guilty to reduced charges in their federal extortion trial and avoided jail time.

Sutton, 38, and Richard Westfall, 45, each pleaded guilty Wednesday to deprivation of rights under color of law, a misdemeanor.

Westfall also pleaded guilty to making a false statement to FBI agents.

U.S. District Court Judge Cindy K. Jorgenson sentenced the two men to two years of supervised probation and ordered to complete 100 hours of community service within the next year.

Sutton, who served as Marana's mayor from 1999 to 2005, and Westfall were indicted in April 2005 on charges of attempted extortion, conspiracy to commit extortion and making false statements in early 2002.

The two men were accused of trying to extort money and a job from a Houston-based trash hauler in exchange for allowing the company to drive overweight trucks on Marana roads.

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