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Bogalusa bribery trial for mayor and councilman now scheduled Feb. 22

by The Associated Press

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Posted on February 2, 2010 at 3:03 PM

BOGALUSA, La. -- Bogalusa Mayor Mack McGehee and others charged with bribery got to court on time, but the judge wasn't there.

Rick Wood of the Washington Parish District Attorney's Office says they apparently were given the wrong date -- Judge Raymond Childress was scheduled last Thursday in St. Tammany Parish, not Washington Parish.

Motions for McGehee, Councilman Danny Stogner, former councilman Thomas Kates and Marshal Wayne Adams were rescheduled for Feb. 4, with trial scheduled Feb. 22 instead of Feb. 18.   

They're charged with criminal conspiracy and bribery of a withdrawn candidate. Kates allegedly was bribed to endorse a candidate after quitting the city marshal's race.

The bribery charge carries up to a year in prison and $10,000 fine, defendants can choose jury trials.

(Copyright 2010 by The Associated Press.  All Rights Reserved.)

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