Indicted Fall River Mayor To Try Third-Party Write-In Straw To Save Re-Election Bid

Jasiel Correia II, the indicted Fall River mayor who federal prosecutors say bilked investors in his private company before he was mayor and shook down marijuana companies for bribes as mayor, is planning to use a third-party write-in candidate to try to win re-election in November, according to a leaked audio recording of a campaign meeting reported by the Fall River Herald News.

Correia barely made the general election ballot in a distant second place behind frontrunner Paul Coogan, who got three times as many votes as he did in the primary election September 17. Under normal circumstances, the primary result means Correia has little chance of winning in November.