BATON ROUGE — Two men have been sentenced to federal prison for conspiring to steal federal grant money from the Louisiana Department of Education.
Romney Manuel, 52, of Prairieville, was sentenced to 15 months in federal prison. Demietriek Scott, 50, of New Orleans, received a 29-month sentence. Both were convicted of conspiracy to commit wire fraud.
U.S. District Judge Brian A. Jackson also sentenced Manuel to two years of supervised release and Scott to three years of supervised release after their prison terms…