Ex-Detroit City Council Staffer Charged In Bribery | The Detroit News

Another Detroit Politco Charged With Bribery
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Detroit -- Federal prosecutors charged a former City Council staffer Tuesday with pocketing a $15,000 bribe as part of a widening scandal involving the city's pension funds.

George Stanton of Detroit, the former chief of staff to ex-Councilwoman Alberta Tinsley-Talabi, was charged in a criminal information.

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