Former Florida senator and Broward County sheriff Ken Jenne's long fall from grace hit a low point on Nov. 16, 2007, when a judge sentenced him to a year and a day in prison.

He had been convicted of mail fraud and tax evasion in connection with more than $150,000 in loans, gifts and payments he received while in office as sheriff.

His friends and family said it was a tragic end to the 30-year political career of a man who once quipped that while some people enjoy golf or tennis, he enjoys government.

Reviews of his finances, though, showed he had a hard time adjusting to the lower salary of the sheriff,. compared to his earnings as an attorney.

When he was released from prison in September of 2008, friends, family and neighbors fixed balloon bouquets to the mail boxes of houses up and down his street to welcome him home.

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 Ken Jenne, former Broward County sheriff, was sentenced to a year and a day in prison Nov. 16, 2007 - Sun Sentinel