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Former Mayor Correia Set for Release | Providence News
Former Fall River mayor Jasiel Correia, once the youngest mayor in the city’s history, is set to be released from community confinement this Saturday after serving five years of a six-year sentence for corruption and fraud tied to marijuana dispensary dealings. Accused of running a “pay-to-play” scheme that extorted tens of thousands from vendors, Correia’s fall from grace began even before his mayoral tenure, when he was charged in 2018 for defrauding investors in a failed app. Former Mayor Will Flanagan, who has a complicated history with Correia, warns that trust and integrity are vital…
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