A public works official in suburban Detroit was sentenced Thursday to three months in prison and then placed under house arrest for threatening a promoter with retaliation unless he bought tickets to a political fundraiser.
About two dozen officials and businessmen have been indicted in the federal government’s Macomb County corruption probe, from township leaders to an elected prosecutor.
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Anthony Marrocco, 74, was the big catch. For more than 20 years he was the powerful head of the public works department, with extensive authority over the growing region’s sewer, water and infrastructure.
In Macomb County, Michigan, former public works chief Anthony Marrocco has been sentenced to three months in prison for making political threats against a developer.
Marrocco’s top aide pleaded guilty in 2020. Dino Bucci said he forced contractors to spend hundreds of thousands of dollars to fatten Marrocco’s campaign accounts, or face the consequences. Bucci died a year ago.
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Defense attorney Steve Fishman argued against a prison sentence, citing Marrocco’s age and health. The prosecutor asked for a prison sentence of more than a year.
U.S. District Judge Robert Cleland sentenced him to three months of probation and more than a year of home confinement.
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Marrocco’s tenure ended when then-U.S. Rep. Candice Miller skipped an easy re-election race and defeated him in the 2016 election.