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In addition to the prison sentence, Espada must pay $800,000 in fines and do 100 hours of community service.
Espada explains that almost being molested was a factor in his corruption.
Espada faces up to seven years in prison, and son Pedro G. could face up to two years.
Son Pedro G. will also be pleading guilty!
The taxpayer-funded Bronx health clinic robbed of hundreds of thousands of dollars by ex-State Senator Pedro Espada Jr. is hanging by a thread.
In veritable a Mobius strip of government corruption, the cash-strapped, taxpayer-funded health clinic robbed by ex-Senator Pedro Espada, Jr. is also paying for his legal defense.
After a jury failed to reach a verdict the first time, Pedro Espada, Jr. and his son Pedro G will reportedly be tried again on federal embezzlement charges.
Bronx Democrat Pedro Espada, Jr. has been found guilty on at least four counts of theft, in a partial verdict delivered today in Brooklyn Federal Court.
Espada is wearing a crucifix to battle the "evil spiritual powers" of an FBI agent who is controlling the jury with black magic. Yes, he really said this.
There is a very real possibility of a mistrial in the juicy embezzlement trial of disgraced ex-State Senator Pedro Espada, Jr., where "screaming and turbulence" is erupting from the jury room.
Pedro's favorite sushi joint gets a 22 from Zagat!