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The brother of Anthony Harden, who was shot and killed by police, accused DA Thomas Quinn of being "cozy" with police in their quest for answers.

Berniers involvement in SnoOwl  Bernier’s testimony was critical to Assistant U.S. Attorneys Zachary Hafer’s and David Tobin’s case against Correia, who was convicted of 21 out of 24 counts of tax fraud, wire fraud and extortion.  A tax attorney who recently opened a new firm, Rampart Law Group, in the city, was Correia’s former business partner and chief operating officer in the app company SnoOwl.  The app company, founded by Correia after he left college, was the source of 14 of...

Sam Sutter as Boss Hogg Defense attorney Kevin Reddington used a few pop culture references during the course of the trial. He was reprimanded by Judge Douglas Woodlock for referencing the mob movie, "Goodfellas," while cross examining alleged co-conspirator Tony Costa. And when questioning the tax preparer from Liberty Tax Services, he suggested they were the ones with the "Liberty, Liberty, Lib-erty" jingle (they arent — thats Liberty Mutual insurance). Still, the image of former District ...

FALL RIVER — Cliff Ponte is a busy guy. He runs a local real estate group, is president of the Fall River City Council and is about to open a sandwich and coffee shop in the city. But during the past week and a half Ponte has managed, via Zoom, to tune into portions of the federal corruption trial in Boston of former Fall River mayor Jasiel F. Correia II. “I do it in between phone calls and meetings,” he said.   “I multitask,” Ponte said. “I turn the volume up and down to listen...

For the hundreds of us watching from home, some of the testimony and the defense presented this week have us wondering whats really going on.

FALL RIVER — In the first week of the Jasiel Correia trial, jurors heard from 20 witnesses, so far focused solely on the charges related to his former app company SnoOwl. Starting Monday, the government will begin presenting its case against Correia on the government corruption charges — that’s the part related to his alleged shakedown of marijuana vendors looking to do business in Fall River. But in the testimony so far — much of it very technical and related to accounting methods and ...

IRS: Former Fall River mayor spent investor funds on Mercedes, personal trainer, and more By Shelley Murphy Globe Staff,Updated April 30, 2021, 8:26 p.m. Email to a Friend Former Fall River mayor Jasiel F. Correia II arrived at the courthouse last week.Craig F. Walker/Globe Staff In 2013, former Fall River mayor Jasiel F. Correia II and two partners opened a bank account for their new startup, SnoOwl, and deposited a $50,000 check from a Fall River orthodontist, the first investor in the smartp...

Wunderkind ex-mayor to face jurors in fraud, bribery case ALANNA DURKIN RICHER, Associated Press April 18, 2021 FacebookTwitterEmail 3 1of3FILE — In this Sept. 6, 2019 file photo, Fall River Mayor Jasiel Correia speaks to reporters outside the federal courthouse in Boston, following his appearance on bribery, extortion and fraud charges. Correia heads to trial in federal court in April 2021 on charges that he stole more than $230,000 from investors in a smartphone app he created ...

In this file photo, Fall River Mayor Jasiel Correia has a conversation in his city hall office. (Stephan Savoia/AP) After he was elected mayor of Fall River at just 23 years old, it seemed Jasiel Correias political career had nowhere to go but up. Bright and dynamic, Correia charmed voters by portraying himself as a successful entrepreneur who could revive the struggling old mill city. Prosecutors say in reality he was a fraud and a thief. Correia heads to trial this month on charges that he st...

April 18, 2021 10:47 am BOSTON (AP) — After he was elected mayor of Fall River, Massachusetts, at just 23 years old, it seemed Jasiel Correia’s political career had nowhere to go but up. Bright and dynamic, Correia charmed voters by portraying himself as a successful entrepreneur who could revive the struggling old mill city. Prosecutors say in reality he was a fraud and a thief. Correia heads to trial this month on charges that he stole more than $230,000 from investors in a smartphone app...