Aaron Zahn, whose quick rise to the top leadership position at JEA was followed by his ouster amid accusations of trying to loot the city-owned utility, was sentenced July 30 to four years in prison for his conviction on wire fraud and conspiracy charges.
Senior U.S. District Judge Brian Davis imposed the sentence at 5:33 p.m. in a 12th-floor courtroom in the Bryan Simpson U.S. Courthouse in Downtown Jacksonville, a milestone event in a legal saga that stretches to Zahn’s appointment to the JEA board by former Mayor Lenny Curry in 2018.