Walsh hires ex-prosecutor to aid City Hall probe tied to Teamsters case

BOSTON – An extortion indictment that recalled an earlier era in Boston labor history reportedly prompted Mayor Marty Walsh's hiring of a former federal prosecutor to aid an ongoing investigation of a City Hall tie to the case that broke open this week against several Teamsters union members. Four members of Charlestown-based Teamsters Local 25 were arrested Wednesday on charges connected with the attempted extortion of a television production company last year, according to Carmen Ortiz, the U

BOSTON – An extortion indictment that recalled an earlier era in Boston labor history reportedly prompted Mayor Marty Walsh's hiring of a former federal prosecutor to aid an ongoing investigation of a City Hall tie to the case that broke open this week against several Teamsters union members. Four members of Charlestown-based Teamsters Local 25 were arrested Wednesday on charges connected with the attempted extortion of a television production company last year, according to Carmen Ortiz, the U…