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Massachusetts: Arrest

Wed, 12/03/2008 - 15:07

Turner makes appearance at first council meeting since arrest

By Jeremy P. Jacobs, PolitickerMA.com Reporter

Boston City Councilor Chuck Turner, who is facing charges that he accepted a $1,000 bribe and lying about it, appeared at the first meeting of the council since his arrest on Wednesday, the Boston Globe reports.

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Wed, 12/03/2008 - 10:49

Henriquez mulls run for Turner’s seat, whether Turner is in it or not

By Jeremy P. Jacobs, PolitickerMA.com Reporter

Carlos Henriquez, who ran against and lost to embattled Boston City Councilor Chuck Turner in 2007, is mulling a run for the council's 7th District seat again in 2009.

"I have been considering since 2007 - running again in 2009," Henriquez told PolitickerMA.com. "I haven't come to a definite decision yet in light of what is going on right now. It is something that I have been considering regardless of what has happened in the neighborhood."

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Fri, 11/21/2008 - 17:44

Turner says he’s innocent

By Jeremy P. Jacobs, PolitickerMA.com Reporter

Facing allegations that he accepted a $1,000 bribe, Boston City Councilor Chuck Turner said Friday that he is innocent and promised to continue his work on the City Council, the Boston Globe reports.

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Fri, 11/21/2008 - 13:11

Feeney ‘saddened’ by Turner arrest, strips committee assignments

By Jeremy P. Jacobs, PolitickerMA.com Reporter

Reacting to news of City Councilor Chuck Turner's arrest, Boston City Council President Maureen Feeney said Friday that she has stripped Turner of his committee assignments and has called a meeting on Monday to discuss further action with the council.

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Fri, 11/21/2008 - 11:42

Turner arrested for taking $1,000 bribe, lying about it

By Jeremy P. Jacobs, PolitickerMA.com Reporter

Boston City Councilor Chuck Turner was arrested Friday morning for accepting a $1,000 bribe to help a Boston nightclub obtain a liquor license and then falsely telling the FBI that he didn't take the money, according to the FBI criminal complaint.

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Fri, 11/21/2008 - 08:34

U.S. Attorney’s office confirms arrest, Turner to appear in Worcester Friday afternoon

By Jeremy P. Jacobs, PolitickerMA.com Reporter

Christina DiIorio-Sterling, a spokeswoman for U.S. Attorney Michael Sullivan, just confirmed to PolitickerMA.com Boston City Councilor Chuck Turner's arrest this morning.

DiIorio-Sterling said the details surrounding the arrest are under seal right now under orders from the federal judge. She expects that some of those details may be released around 9:30 a.m.

Turner will appear at the federal court in Worcester today, DiIorio-Sterling said. That is expected to take place around 3 p.m.

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Fri, 11/21/2008 - 08:15

Turner arrested

By Jeremy P. Jacobs, PolitickerMA.com Reporter

Boston City Councilor Chuck Turner was arrested Friday morning in connection with the ongoing investigation into state Sen. Dianne Wilkerson, WBZ-TV is reporting.

WBZ-TV reports that Turner was arrested at Boston City Hall.

Stay tuned.

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Fri, 10/31/2008 - 19:24

Chang-Diaz ready to ‘go to the mat’ for Suffolk-2

By Jeremy P. Jacobs, PolitickerMA.com Reporter

BOSTON -- Sonia Chang-Diaz told reporters Friday that she was shocked and saddened by state Sen. Dianne Wilkerson's arrest on bribery charges this week and that she is slightly relieved Wilkerson decided to end her campaign, which Chang-Diaz said is in the best interest of the district.

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Wed, 10/29/2008 - 07:40

Owens: Wilkerson arrest ‘unfortunate’

By Jeremy P. Jacobs, PolitickerMA.com Reporter

Former state Sen. Bill Owens, who represented part of  the 2nd Suffolk Senate District before state Sen. Dianne Wilkerson, said Tuesday that the state senator's arrest is ‘unfortunate' and hoped the legal process would be allowed to fully play out.

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Tue, 10/28/2008 - 17:10

Chang-Diaz on Wilkerson’s arrest

By Jeremy P. Jacobs, PolitickerMA.com Reporter

Responding to state Sen. Dianne Wilkerson's arrest Tuesday, Sonia Chang-Diaz, who defeated her in the Democratic primary this year and was facing her again in the general election, said the arrest unfortunately turns people away from engaging in the political process.

In a statement, Chang-Diaz said Wilkerson's arrest on corruption charges saddened her.

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