Louisiana man charged for racketeering
March 17th, 2010 - 4:28 am ICT by BNO News ( Leave a comment )BATON ROUGE, LOUISIANA (BNO NEWS) – A Louisiana man was charged for a racketeering scheme, prosecutors said Tuesday.
Robert L. Stevens, age 61, of Baton Rouge, Louisiana conspired to use interstate facilities in aid of racketeering for allegedly accepting bribes from individuals with pending criminal charges in the Baton Rouge City Court, and then sharing the proceeds of the bribes with a prosecutor who would arrange for the matters to be dismissed or otherwise “fixed.”
An ongoing investigation named “Operation Illegal Motion,” resulted in the charges, which makes Stevens the tenth individual charged as a result of the operation. Nine individuals had previously pleaded guilty to charges that arose out of the investigation.
Stevens now faces a maximum sentence of five years in prison and a $250,000 fine.
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