Former Chelsea housing chief in court today
Former Chelsea Housing Authority chief Michael E. McLaughlin is expected to plead guilty today in federal court in Boston to four counts of deliberately concealing his inflated salary from state and federal regulators from 2008 until he was forced to resign in 2011.
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by Milton Valencia via twitter 2/19/2013 4:38:13 PMJudge Woodlock arrives: #McLaughlin sworn in -
by Milton Valencia via twitter 2/19/2013 4:39:53 PM#McLaughlin has to go through interview with judge: He's 67, master's degree. "I was executive director of the Chelsea housing authority."
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by Milton Valencia via twitter 2/19/2013 4:41:55 PMJudge interviewing #McLaughlin to make sure he understands implications of pleading guilty. He says he does.
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by Milton Valencia via twitter 2/19/2013 4:42:54 PM#McLaughlin faces up to 20 yrs some charges; gets 12 to 18 mons. under guidelines; would get less under plea agreement; judge says up to him
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by Milton Valencia via twitter 2/19/2013 4:44:04 PMShould be clear that #McLaughlin not expected to be sentenced today; but his decision to plead guilty would waive his right to an appeal
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by Milton Valencia via twitter 2/19/2013 4:47:40 PMGov. to argue what evidence would have been if case had gone to trial: #Mclaughlin
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by Milton Valencia via twitter 2/19/2013 4:49:30 PMMerritt saying #McLaughlin took over 900-unit Chelsea Housing Authority in 2000, making around$77,000
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by Milton Valencia via twitter 2/19/2013 4:50:31 PM“McLaughlin’s salary increased almost yearly.”-Merritt says, adding that total increased to $366,000 by 2011
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by Milton Valencia via twitter 2/19/2013 4:51:34 PMMerritt saying #Chelsea was doing well so wasn't audited by fed. officials, but all along #McLaughlin forging budgets to misreport salary.
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by Milton Valencia via twitter 2/19/2013 4:52:10 PMThe Globe has reported that #McLaughlin attributed the fraud to "the rebel in me."
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by Milton Valencia via twitter 2/19/2013 4:52:56 PMThrough this, Merritt saying, Chelsea housing authority was pretty much rubber stamping his budgets. #Mclaughlin
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by Milton Valencia via twitter 2/19/2013 4:54:01 PMMerritt saying "By falsifying his salary, #McLaughlin was acting to hide his true salary" from federal offices, Dep. of Housing + Urban Dev.
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by Milton Valencia via twitter 2/19/2013 4:54:46 PMRT @monica_mcG12: @MiltonValencia Just jaw dropping. Wonder what the judge will give him for a sentence.
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by Milton Valencia via twitter 2/19/2013 4:57:38 PM"What was the motive?" judge asks, querying about intent..#Mclaughlin,
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by Milton Valencia via twitter 2/19/2013 4:58:57 PMMerritt saying it was money, saying #McLaughlin's pay was 5th highest in country for housing chiefs, behind LA and Philadelphia heads
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by Milton Valencia via twitter 2/19/2013 4:59:45 PM"His motive was to conceal...what was seen as an excessive amount of salary."- Merritt says, #McLaughlin
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by Milton Valencia via twitter 2/19/2013 5:01:32 PMMerritt has to make clear that it wasn't the salary that was illegal, as he had no caps, but it was #McLaughlin's work to conceal from board
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by Milton Valencia via twitter 2/19/2013 5:01:48 PM“Had the state (officials) known about this, they would have taken whatever actions they thought they could,” Merritt says in #McLaughlin
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by Milton Valencia via twitter 2/19/2013 5:02:17 PM"That's what happened?" Judge asks. "Yes, Your Honor," #McLaughlin responds
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by Milton Valencia via twitter 2/19/2013 5:02:39 PM#McLaughlin enters a guilty plea. Judge accepts.
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by Milton Valencia via twitter 2/19/2013 5:03:15 PMSentencing set for May 14, 2 p.m. #McLaughlin
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by Milton Valencia via twitter 2/19/2013 5:04:53 PM#McLaughlin to surrender passport, travel restricted to NE states.
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by Milton Valencia via twitter 2/19/2013 5:05:03 PM-30-
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by Milton Valencia via twitter 2/19/2013 6:10:49 PMEx-Chelsea housing chief McLaughlin pleads guilty http://b.globe.com/ZdklQJ via @BostonGlobe
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by Milton Valencia via twitter 2/19/2013 8:03:23 PMbroke a bit ago, if you haven't seen it Mystery writer Patricia Cornwell wins $50.9m in Boston lawsuit http://b.globe.com/ZdXcO9 @BostonGlobe
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by Milton Valencia via twitter 2/20/2013 1:14:16 AMNice little story: Grounded, but uplifted by a complete stranger http://b.globe.com/15r8O4L via @BostonGlobe