Onetime wunderkind mayor Jasiel Correia guilty of corruption
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Former Fall River Mayor Jasiel Correia, center, arrives to the John Joseph Moakley United States Courthouse, Monday, April 26, 2021, in Boston. Opening statements in Correia s federal corruption trial began Monday. (Jessica Rinaldi/The Boston Globe via AP)AP
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By Alanna Durkin Richer | The Associated Press
A former Massachusetts mayor first elected at the age of 23 by touting himself as a successful entrepreneur was convicted Friday of stealing money from investors in his start-up to bankroll his lavish lifestyle and soliciting bribes from marijuana vendors who wanted to operate in the struggling mill city.
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Onetime wunderkind Massachusetts mayor guilty of corruption
FILE - In this Jan. 6, 2016, file photo, Fall River Mayor Jasiel Correia talks in his city hall office in Fall River, Mass. Correia, first elected at the age of 23 by touting himself as a successful entrepreneur, was convicted Friday, May 14, 2021, of stealing money from investors in his start-up to bankroll his lavish lifestyle and soliciting bribes from marijuana vendors who wanted to operate in the struggling mill city. ( (AP Photo/Stephan Savoia, File)