article_snippet.sent: According to the Department of Justice, a former commissioner and two DPNR directors have been sentenced to jail terms since 2008.
article_snippet.sent: That year, Dean C. Plaskett  was sentenced to nine years for receiving kickbacks in awarding local government contracts.
article_snippet.sent: In 2014, Roberto Tapia, the Justice Department said, pleaded guilty to using Dean C. Plaskett   position to engage in illegal drug trafficking while Dean C. Plaskett   was head of that same agency.  
article_snippet.sent: Dean C. Plaskett   was sentenced to 70 months in federal prison.