An ex-state trooper who says he “let the citizens of the Commonwealth down,” with his participation in a Commercial Driver’s License bribery scheme, is going to jail for three months, a shorter prison sentence than the 15 months that federal prosecutors sought.

U.S. District Court Judge Indira Talwani has sentenced Halifax man Calvin Butner, 64, to three months in prison, to be followed by one year of supervised release with the first three months in home confinement.

The Massachusetts U.S. Attorney’s office was seeking a sentence of 15 months in federal prison, one year of supervised release, and the mandatory special assessment of $900.

“Sentencing in this type of case is extremely difficult,” Talwani said at the Seaport federal courthouse on Tuesday. “What I see here … (is) a long ca

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