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The trial - one of the first to be held in Boston’s federal court since the start of the coronavirus pandemic - will showcase Correia’s dramatic rise and fall in the southeastern Massachusetts city of 89,000 that’s still hurting by the collapse of its once-booming textile industry. Prosecutors will try to show that Correia swindled investors just like his critics say he smooth-talked voters into entrusting him with the city. “My husband says it best: He could convince the pope that there’s no God,” said Linda Pereira, a Fall River city councilor whom Correia defeated to be reelect...

April 18, 2021 | 8:29 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 he created to pay for things like a Mercedes, casino trips and adult entertainment. As mayor, he�...

Brian, the officers assigned to the case jeremiah gone don know van, jennifer pursele someone who workses in our office really the one who pulled it all together for us. so too many people to thank. i think they know who they are. but never could have done it without, again, we're here at the end, but there's so many people who are -- have contributed to the success of this case and we're very grateful because we know it brings some small measure of peace to the family and the homicides are the most serious cases that we deal with. but the idea that somebody was targeted in this case i think y...

>> i don't really want to get involved with the other two co-defendants. i think we want to focus on this case and the successful conclusion of it. [ inaudible ] >> i think the judge conducted a fair and orderly proceeding. i see victims and witnesses become emotional on the stand throughout trials and i think it's appropriate -- if it's natural and not done in a way that could detract from her testimony, it would be appropriate for her to express her emotions when she testifies. >> a lot of evidence and not going forward that -- >> well obviously any evidence that was excluded is no...

0 vi. it was told in that academy award winning film the king's speech. the biggest surprise so far according to the palace, william and kate will not be hiring a nanny. at least not yet. they say they want to take care of their son themselves. and a lot of sleepless nights in the future. >> some help from the middletons i hear. the obama administration spent $700 million on a campaign to promote obama care. a brand new fox news poll shows that's been monday incompetent down the drain. it's failed to increase support for the health care law. in fact, 53% of those polled want lawmakers to rep...