MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) - The former CEO of the Memphis Area Transit Authority has been placed on six months’ diversion after entering a plea to charges of patronizing prostitution.
Shelby County District Attorney General Amy Weirich’s office said in a news release Friday that 60-year-old Ronald Garrison entered an Alford plea, which is a guilty plea that does not admit wrongdoing but concedes there is enough evidence to prove charges in court.
The release said Garrison can petition the court to have his record cleared of the misdemeanor offense if he abides by terms of the diversion, including avoiding any new arrests.
Garrison was among 42 people charged in a three-day sting in January.
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