# @detroitfreepress on Instagram

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- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/DWmC3dUjcfg
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- **Posted:** 2026-04-01T15:41:44.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** Detroit Free Press (@detroitfreepress) — https://gondola.cc/detroitfreepress

## Caption

A Florida man was sentenced to two to 20 years in prison Tuesday, March 31 for his role in a fraudulent petition scandal that derailed the candidacies of five Republican candidates for Michigan governor in 2022, according to online court records.

Macomb County Circuit Judge James Maceroni also ordered Willie Reed to pay nearly $334,000 in restitution to the campaigns that were victimized, records show. The judge ordered about $137,000 of that amount to go to Oakland County businessman Perry Johnson, who was disqualified from the primary ballot for governor in 2022 and is running again this year, and about $119,000 to former Detroit Police Chief James Craig, whose bid for Michigan governor ended when he was disqualified from the 2022 primary ballot.

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📰 by Paul Egan, Detroit Free Press

📷 by Christina Hall, Detroit Free Press

#detroit #michigan #gubernatorialrace #michigangovernor #GOP #macombcounty #2022primary #ballot #perryjohnson perry4michigan #jamescraig

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gop, michigangovernor, detroit, ballot, gubernatorialrace, perryjohnson, 2022primary, jamescraig, michigan, macombcounty

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