Former Fumo aide pleads guilty
By Dan Hirschhorn, PolitickerPA.com ReporterA former employee of state Sen. Vince Fumo (D-Philadelphia) pled guilty today to obstructing the investigation into the 30-year incumbent, and will testify at Fumo's fall corruption trial, The Associated Press reports.
The plea was expected, with prosecutor previously saying that Leonard Luchko, a former computer technician in Fumo's district office, would be the first defendant in the case to plead guilty. He pled guilty to 29 obstruction-related counts, The AP reports.
Fumo, a Philadelphia political icon, annonced this spring that he would not seek reelection because of the "cloud" of indictment hanging over him. He is accused of misusing Senate money and money from a charity he oversaw for personal and political gain, but has denied any wrongdoing.
Democrat Larry Farnese won a primary battle to replace Fumo in April, and faces underdog Republican candidate Jack Morley in November in the First Senatorial District.
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