NORFOLK, Va. — Tuesday in Virginia Beach Circuit Court, Heather Guillot pleaded guilty to one misdemeanor count of "willful neglect of election duty."
The charge, amended down from a felony, stems from a petition scandal that took place when Guillot worked on the re-election campaign for former congressman Scott Taylor.
She was given a 12-month sentence, which was suspended. Guillot now faces a year of unsupervised probation.
Three of Taylor's staffers have been charged with crimes related to the November 2018 campaign, when Taylor was running against Elaine Luria (D-2nd District).
They were accused of collecting signatures to try to put a third-party "spoiler candidate" on the ballot.
The other two ex-Taylor campaign staffers allegedly involved were Lauren Creekmore Peabody and Roberta Marciano.
Since the 2018 scandal, both Peabody and Marciano have pleaded guilty to reduced misdemeanor charges.