FORMER SHELBY POLICE OFFICER IS SENTENCED TO FIVE YEARS IN FEDERAL PRISON.

US CHIEF DISTRICT JUDGE MICHAEL MILLS SENTENCED RONNIE DOGG WALTERS TO COUNT TWO OF THE INDICTMENT AGAINST  HIM. WALTERS PLEADED TO GUILTY FOR TAKING PART IN THE ARSON OF TWO CITY ALDERMEN'S VEHICLES. THE VEHICLES OF ALDERMEN HAROLD BILLINGS AND DAN HARRIS WERE FOUND ON FIRE IN JULY 2009. TWO GOVERNMENT WITNESSES TESTIFIED IN FEDERAL COURT LAST YEAR ABOUT WALTERS ROLE SERVING AS THE LOOKOUT PERSON AND PAYING OFF THE ARSONIST WITH MONEY AND DRUGS.