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Thursday, August 1, 2013

Kennebec Journal: Swan to be tried on extortion charges in September

By Betty Adams badams@centralmaine.com
Staff Writer

Former Chelsea Selectwoman Carole Swan, convicted Friday of tax and workers’ compensation fraud, faces another trial in federal court in early September, this time on extortion charges.

Carole Swan

Staff photo by Betty Adams

Swan, 55, is accused of extorting money on three occasions between January 2010 and February 2011 from Frank Monroe, a Whitefield contractor who had contracts to plow, salt and sand Chelsea roads. Swan is accused of violating the Hobbs Act — extortion under color of official right, which addresses public officials using their office to extort money.

Those charges were separated from the others after Swan, through attorney Leonard Sharon, said she wanted to testify in her own defense on some charges, but not on others.

Continue reading: http://www.kjonline.com/news/Swan-to-be-tried-on-extortion-charges-in-September.html