South Lake Tahoe attorney going to prison for 3 years

South Lake Tahoe attorney Alfred Nash Villalobos was sentenced Thursday to three years in prison.

The 46-year-old could have been sent away for 30 years after being convicted in August 2011 on federal extortion and obstruction of justice charges.

Villalobos is the son of Alfred J.R. Villalobos of Stateline, a former director on the board of the California Public Employees’ Retirement System. The elder Villalobos faces his own legal troubles involving CalPERS and bribery.

— Lake Tahoe News staff report