The Region - News from Dec. 17, 1986

A U.S. Customs agent convicted on 17 counts, including one of corruption on the job in connection with his alleged receipt of more than $200,000 in drug profits, has been sentenced in San Diego to eight years in prison. Richard Sullivan, 34, was convicted last month of, among other things, lying to investigators about his relationship with Charles Jordan, former station chief for the Customs Service in Key Largo, Fla. Prosecutors said Sullivan accepted $200,000 from Jordan in return for being influenced in his duties, alleging that the money came from drug deals. Jordan was not charged in this case and was acquitted of separate drug trafficking charges in New Orleans. Sullivan was also found guilty of concealing material facts and making false statements to a federal agent.