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Thu Oct 4, 2018, 05:25 PM Oct 2018

Put-in-Bay Mayor Bernard McCann indicted after yearlong probe

PUT-IN-BAY, Ohio (AP) -- The village mayor on a popular Lake Erie resort island has been indicted on public corruption charges.

The Ohio Attorney General's office said Thursday that Put-in-Bay Mayor Bernard McCann was indicted on two felony counts and four misdemeanor conflict of interest counts.

The state says the 82-year-old McCann used his position as mayor to secure a waterline project for a business associate.

McCann's attorney declined to comment on the charges.

Read more: https://www.cleveland.com/metro/index.ssf/2018/10/put-in-bay_mayor_bernard_mccan.html

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