Former Philadelphia Ironworkers Local 401 boss Joseph
Dougherty was sentenced on Monday to serve 19 years in prison and pay $558,000
in restitution, six months after a federal jury found the 73-year-old guilty of
a racketeering, conspiracy, multiple counts of arson and extortion.
"Hopefully, we're done with union violence in
Philadelphia," U.S. District Judge Michael Baylson said before he imposed
the sentence.
Prosecutors had asked for a sentence of 22 years.
Dougherty's Attorney, Mark Cedrone, said he would appeal
the conviction and the sentence.
Dougherty led the local ironworkers union as it battled
nonunion contractors and a faltering economy in 2008 and beyond. The FBI
launched an investigation into the union's activities after a Dec. 2012 arson
attack at the site of a Quaker meetinghouse being built in Chestnut Hill.
For more on the racketeering investigation, visit
Newsworks.org.
Source: Philadelphia
Business Journal
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