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May 26, 2005
BREAKING NEWS: Crutchfield, Ford, Bowers and Newton arrested on Capitol Hill
Here's a link to the story.
Pith in the Wind has this on it.
A press conference is scheduled for noon.
UPDATE (mesh, 11:19 a.m.): The Nashville City Paper is now reporting that the legislators were arrested "under the federal Hobbs Act, which covers extortion by the wrongful use of actual or threatened force, violence, or fear... The arrests apparently involve a bill sponsored in the House by Newton and in the Senate by Crutchfield and Ford that involved the sale of surplus computers and electronic equipment... Newton withdrew the bill from committee consideration Wednesday."
UPDATE (mesh, 11:25 a.m.): Pith in the Wind confirms the Hobbs Act rumors, and offers definition of those charges.
UPDATE (mesh, 11:30 a.m.): Chattanoogan.com reports that "Sen. Crutchfield was taken into custody as he was going into his office in Nashville." Just so you can have an accurate mental picture.
| By colrus | 10:57 AM
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