Massachusetts Mayor Arrested for Bribery Scheme to Extort Legal Weed Businesses

Merry Jane
Sep 9, 2019, 8:12 am75 pts
Lead image via A legal weed scandal erupted an hour south of Boston in Fall River, Massachusetts over the weekend. Mayor Jasiel Correia was arrested on federal charges of extortion, for what prosecutors say was a pay-to-play scheme designed to bleed hundreds of thousands of dollars in bribes and gifts from…

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