Puerto Rico judge convicted of taking bribes to clear vehicular homicide defendant
A federal jury convicted a sitting Puerto Rico superior court judge Wednesday of taking bribes to acquit a businessman of vehicular homicide charges.
Judge Manuel Acevedo-Hernandez, 62, was found guilty by a jury in Puerto Rico after a one-week trial of conspiracy to commit federal programs bribery and receipt of a bribe by an agent of an organization receiving federal funds. … Continue Reading