Word: dicarlo
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...state long known for tolerating corrupt officials,* the voters left a surprised politician dangling in the winds of change last week. Joseph J.C. DiCarlo was the odds-on favorite to win a Democratic primary for a seat in the Massachusetts senate-the very seat, indeed, that he had held before his colleagues threw him out only this April. The reason for the ousting was the conviction of DiCarlo, 41, and Republican State Senator Ronald MacKenzie on charges of squeezing $40,000 from a New York consulting firm in exchange for suppressing a legislative report criticizing the company's work...
...federal jury convicted DiCarlo and MacKenzie of extorting $40,000 from a New York construction management firm...
...DiCarlo and MacKenzie were accused of demanding money from the company to produce a "whitewash" report...
...lawyers of DiCarlo and MacKenzie have said they will appeal the case. DiCarlo and MacKenzie are to be sentenced on Wednesday...
...Massachusetts State Senate established the Ethics Committee two weeks ago after the convictions of State Sen. Joseph J. C. DiCarlo and State Sen. Ronald C. MacKenzie for extortion...