The father and brother of Darius Morris, a former Lakers and Clippers guard who died at age 33 in May, were sentenced Wednesday to federal prison for stealing up to $5.1-million worth of U.S. Postal Service money orders.
Dewayne Morris Jr. was sentenced to 12 years, and his father, Dewayne Morris Sr., to seven years.
They were found guilty of conspiracy and three counts of bank fraud following a jury trial in federal court in February, three months before Darius died in his Los Angeles-area apartment of coronary artery disease and a drug overdose.
Morris Jr. also was found guilty of witness tampering.
