The Atlanta Journal-Constitution

When sentencing for ex-Reed aide will be finished,

Katrina TaylorPark­s collapsed in court on Monday.

- By J. Scott Trubey strubey@ajc.com

The former city of Atlanta official who collapsed in federal court this week after learning she will spend nearly two years in prison for accepting bribes is sched- uled to complete her sentencing later this month.

Katrina Taylor-Parks, who was deputy chief of staff to then-Mayor Kasim Reed, is slated to return to court Jan. 28. Taylor-Parks collapsed on Monday as U.S. District Court Judge Steve Jones announced her sentence, which included 21 months in prison, three years of supervised release post-confinemen­t and about $15,000 in restitutio­n.

Her medical emergency halted the hearing, and Jones ordered the courtroom cleared as supporters of Taylor-Parks stood in stunned silence. Taylor-Parks was rushed to a local hospital and prosecutor­s said the hearing would be reschedule­d when Taylor-Parks was well.

The hearing has to be continued because the formal sentencing process was not completed. Taylor-Parks will become the fifth person sentenced to prison in the City Hall corruption probe, which dates to at least 2015.

In pleading to conspiracy to commit bribery, Taylor-Parks admitted in August to accepting $4,000 in payments from a city vendor, which was awarded $100,000 in city business. In court on Monday, prosecutor­s said Taylor-Parks accepted about $15,000 in giftsand bribes, including a Louis Vuitton purse, a trip to Chicago and a cruise to Mexico.

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