Former Boston City Councilor Chuck Turner was sentenced to three years in jail for his November conviction in a federal corruption probe. Turner accepted a $1,000 bribe and was found guilty of attempted extortion and making false statements to the FBI. [Boston Globe], [WCVB]
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Luigi "Louie" Manocchio, 83, and Thomas Iafrate of the New England Mafia were arrested along with around 100 alleged mobsters from seven organized crime families in the Northeast for various crime-related activities. Manocchio was arrested Wednesday in Florida on extortion and extortion conspiracy charges. Iafrate collected protection payments for Manocchio from adult entertainment businesses like the Satin Doll, and Cadillac Lounge. Manocchio and Iafrate face arraignments today in Ft. Lauderdale and Providence, respectively. Each charge carries a maximum sentence of 20 years in prison and a $250,000 fine. [Globe]
According to WCVB, Dianne Wilkerson was sentenced to 3.5 years in prison after pleading guilty in June to eight counts of attempted extortion.
-- Dianne Wilkerson pleaded guilty to eight counts of attempted extortion and faces up to four years in prison. [Globe]
-- One ton of marijuana was found Wednesday in Dorchester. Felix Baez-Soto, 40, was held on $1 million bail. A ton of pot is apparently worth $5 million. [Globe, Herald]
Dianne Wilkerson's dramatic saga continues, but her reelection campaign doesn't. After clergy members and minority leaders called for the accused senator to resign, she has (according to the Globe) at least canceled her reelection campaign, but not officially resigned from the senate. Wilkerson says she'll make that decision on November 5. Already bested by Sonia Chang-Diaz in an election and a recount, Wilkerson had been planning to continue her write-in reelection campaign despite recent charges of accepting bribes. The state senate passed a resolution on Thursday asking Wilkerson to resign, and is now taking steps toward a vote to expel her.
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