CORRUPTION CASES

May 14, 2003: The two-year-old corruption investigation, dubbed Operation Catcall by the FBI, becomes public. Agents raid the Galardi family's feline-themed strip clubs in Las Vegas and San Diego, as well as the offices of three San Diego City Council members.

• July 14, 2003: Former Clark County Commissioner Erin Kenny, who has been cooperating with the government, secretly pleads guilty in Las Vegas to conspiracy to commit wire fraud and two counts of wire fraud. She admits that she received bribes from strip club owner Michael Galardi.

• Aug. 28, 2003: A San Diego grand jury indicts Galardi, former Clark County Commissioner Lance Malone, and San Diego City Councilmen Ralph Inzunza, Michael Zucchet and Charles Lewis. The defendants are accused of plotting to overturn a San Diego law that prohibits physical contact between strippers and their patrons.

• Sept. 2, 2003: Galardi employee John D'Intino of San Diego, also charged in the indictment, pleads guilty to conspiracy to commit wire fraud. His plea agreement states that he, Galardi and Malone conspired to pay the three San Diego councilmen in an attempt to reverse the "no-touch" law.

• Sept. 8, 2003: Galardi pleads guilty in San Diego to conspiracy to commit wire fraud and agrees to testify against his co-defendants. According to his plea agreement, he conspired with Malone and D'Intino to make illegal payments to the three councilmen and a police officer.

• Oct. 24, 2003: Galardi secretly pleads guilty in Las Vegas to racketeering. He admits to paying between $200,000 and $400,000 to "certain public officials" in exchange for their influence over matters affecting his strip clubs. He also agrees to cooperate with authorities investigating the Las Vegas case.

• Nov. 6, 2003: A Las Vegas grand jury indicts Clark County Commission Chairwoman Mary Kincaid-Chauncey, former Commissioner Dario Herrera and Malone on conspiracy and wire fraud charges. Malone is accused of paying bribes to Kincaid-Chauncey, Herrera and Kenny on Galardi's behalf. Plea agreements reached with Galardi and Kenny in the Las Vegas case are unsealed.

• Aug. 8, 2004: Lewis dies of liver disease in San Diego at the age of 37.

• May 3, 2005: San Diego corruption trial begins.

July 18, 2005: Jurors in San Diego convict Malone, Inzunza and Zucchet of conspiracy, wire fraud and extortion charges.

• Nov. 10, 2005: U.S. District Judge Jeffrey Miller of San Diego sentences Malone to three years in prison and Inzunza to 21 months. The judge grants Zucchet's request for a judgment of acquittal on most of the counts in his case and grants Zucchet a new trial on the two remaining counts. Malone and Inzunza both vow to appeal their convictions and are allowed to remain free on bond during the appeal process.

• Nov. 22, 2005: Real estate developer Donald Davidson is indicted on charges related to paying Kenny $200,000 in exchange for her vote for a zone change allowing for a CVS Pharmacy at the corner of Buffalo Drive and Desert Inn Road.

• March 14, 2006: Trial begins for Herrera and Kincaid-Chauncey in U.S. District Judge Larry Hicks' courtroom.

• May 5, 2006: Jurors convict Herrera and Kincaid-Chauncey of conspiracy, wire fraud and extortion charges.

Aug. 21, 2006: Hicks levies a 50-month sentence against Herrera. Kincaid-Chauncey receives a 30-month prison term.

• Sept. 18, 2006: Three years after he was indicted and just days before his trial is scheduled to begin, Malone signs a plea agreement with the government.

• Jan. 12, 2007: Herrera turns himself in to the federal prison camp in Florence, Colo., to begin his sentence. Kincaid-Chauncey surrenders at the women's prison camp in Victorville, Calif.

• Feb. 14, 2007: Hicks sentences Malone to six years in prison.

• March 13, 2007: A second superseding indictment charges Davidson with paying Kenny $3,000 a month after her vote for a casino in the Spring Valley neighborhood in January 2000. The indictment also charges Davidson with attempting to bribe then-Las Vegas City Councilman Michael McDonald.

March 12, 2007: Galardi receives a 30-month prison sentence.

• May 9, 2007: Malone begins serving his sentence at a federal prison in Lompoc, Calif.

• June 21, 2007: Opening statements delivered in the Davidson trial.

• June 28, 2007: Kenny testifies against Davidson.

• July 6, 2007: Galardi begins serving his sentence at a federal prison in Littleton, Colo.

July 17, 2007: Jurors find Davidson, 73, guilty of one count of conspiracy to commit wire fraud and five counts of wire fraud for attempting to bribe McDonald. The jury deadlocked on the 18 charges stemming from allegations that he bribed Kenny. Jurors said Kenny, the prosecution's star witness, lacked credibilty. Davidson is scheduled to be sentenced Oct. 26 by U.S. District Judge Roger Hunt.

July 18, 2007: U.S. District Judge Kent Dawson sentences Kenny to 30 months in federal prison and orders her to pay forfeitures and fines that total $200,000. She must turn herself in by Sept. 18.

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