PITTSBURGH TRIBUNE-REVIEW: Former House Speaker John Perzel got less prison time than some other key figures in a public corruption scandal because the Philadelphia Republican cooperated with authorities, a top prosecutor said on Wednesday…
At the same hearing, Common Pleas Judge Richard Lewis sentenced Perzel’s chief of staff, Brian Preski, to a 24- to 48-month prison term for using state resources for campaigns. Preski pleaded guilty at trial but declined to testify against anyone. The judge placed on probation two lesser aides who pleaded guilty and cooperated with prosecutors…
They are among 21 people of both parties who pleaded guilty or were convicted by juries stemming from the state attorney general’s investigation into the use of public resources for campaigns… (more)
