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Photos: Dianne Wilkerson nabbed

Public Corruption Squad of the FBI arrest State Senator Wilkerson on complaint of extortion and theft.

By DAVID S. BERNSTEIN | October 29, 2008

This morning, Massachusetts State Senator Dianne Wilkerson was arrested on charges of attempted extortion and wire fraud after an 18-month investigation by the FBI. The FBI alleges that Wilkerson took bribes from $500 up to $10,000 (for a total of $ 23,500 ) to help secure a liquor license for the Roxbury nightclub Dejavu. The FBI also released photos – reproduced here – which it says shows Wilkerson accepting the bribes from a confidential FBI informant. The full FBI affidavit can be viewed here.

Read Ted Siefer's special to The Phoenix piece Dianne's Special Deal.

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A moral dilemma
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FBI nabs Wilkerson
State senator Dianne Wilkerson was arrested Tuesday morning on charges of public corruption -- charges at a level far above and beyond any she has previously faced.
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A moral dilemma
We need serious action and strong leadership — and a public trust that is unlikely to be given.
FBI nabs Wilkerson
State senator Dianne Wilkerson was arrested Tuesday morning on charges of public corruption -- charges at a level far above and beyond any she has previously faced.
Obama for president
The past eight years have been disastrous for America.
Socialist studies
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Blackballed
Turner might want to avoid hitching his fortunes to those of such utterly disreputable pols as former DC mayor Marion Barry, ex-Newark mayor Sharpe James, and Dianne Wilkerson.
Dianne's special deal
Undeterred by her Democratic primary loss to opponent Sonia Chang-Díaz, State Senator Dianne Wilkerson is forging ahead in a sticker campaign to win re-election of her Second Suffolk seat in the state legislature.
Incumbency
After state Senator Dianne Wilkerson’s bizarre failure, earlier this year, to collect enough signatures to get on September’s Democratic primary ballot, an obvious question loomed: did the senator still want her job?
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Two years ago, when Dianne Wilkerson inexplicably failed to submit the necessary signatures to get her name on the Democratic primary ballot for re-election as state senator, a 28-year-old upstart seized the opportunity.
Newton knows its rights
For an example of how the intangible conflict between individual liberties and national security plays out in real life, look no further than Newton.
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Your “Terror Masala” article, unintentionally of course, is very timely in view of the atrocities in Mumbai.
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