Boyd was sentenced alongside former Aldermanic President Lewis Reed and ex-Alderman John Collins-Muhammad for taking bribes from the co-owner of gas stations in north St. Louis and St. Louis County.
A former St. Louis alderman is asking a court to reduce his federal prison sentence for taking bribes from a local businessman thanks to a change in federal sentencing rules.
Jeffrey Boyd is headed to a minimum security penitentiary in Texarkana, Texas. Boyd said he was also dealing with some demons at the time of the crimes.