HARRISBURG -- Former state Rep. Mike Veon and a former aide, both convicted in the Bonusgate corruption case, have been transferred to minimum security prisons.

Mr. Veon, 53, has been imprisoned since June 18 in Cumberland County's State Correctional Institution Camp Hill, a maximum security facility that serves as an intake and processing center.

According to the Department of Corrections online inmate locator, Mr. Veon now is incarcerated at State Correctional Institution Laurel Highlands in Somerset County. The facility primarily serves elderly and infirm inmates, according to the department's website.

Brett Cott, 38, a former top aide to Mr. Veon, has been moved to the State Correctional Institution Waymart in the northeast corner of the state. The facility formerly was part of Farview State Hospital. Mr. Veon is serving a six- to 14-year sentence. Mr. Cott is serving 21 to 60 months.

Both were convicted of using state resources to run political campaigns and served the first few weeks of their sentences at Camp Hill Correctional Facility.

A third defendant, Annamarie Perretta-Rosepink, was sentenced to three months in county prison followed by house arrest and probation. She is free on bail pending appeal.

Meanwhile, attorneys for Mr. Veon and Mrs. Perretta-Rosepink are seeking a new trial.

The defense attorneys say the evidence did not support conviction, that a sick juror was improperly replaced during deliberations, that they weren't allowed enough time to cross-examine witnesses, that exhibits were improperly marked and that a recent U.S. Supreme Court ruling invalidates the laws the defendants were convicted of violating.

In court documents filed Monday, prosecutor Christopher Carusone rebutted those claims.

He said evidence was solid, that the defense had agreed to replace the juror, that the court instituted fair time limits, that exhibits were in order and that the Supreme Court ruling pertained to federal law, not state law.

Defense attorneys and prosecutors agree on one thing: the need for a hearing on the issue of restitution.

Veon attorneys Dan Raynak and Joel Sansone say the $100,000 in court-ordered restitution is excessive; Mr. Carusone says it isn't enough.

Prosecutors initially asked for $1.9 million in restitution.

Dauphin County Judge Richard A. Lewis is expected to hear arguments Monday.

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