Team Curran’s explanation of the hundreds of thousands of dollars he received from “DEVELOPER-1” is astounding it harks to the Johnny Cash ditty about how Joe Bean couldn’t have been guilty of a shooting, because he was “hard working, robbing the Santa Fe.” It will also be interesting to see what the judge makes of attempts by Curran’s lawyers to explain away his actions via actions that also seem suspicious - if not incriminating. It will be interesting to see how Judge Illston handles the divergent wishes of Curran’s prosecutors and defenders.
The feds, however, are seeking an 18-month prison term - and the eye-popping restitution of $1 million to remunerate Curran’s successors at the Department of Building Inspection for an ongoing audit of sites where Santos and/or Curran performed work. The defense is asking for a year and a day of home detention, to allow Curran to continue caring for his family, his ailing mother and counseling those in search of sobriety. As such, the punishments they seek also differ to a fair degree. Department of Justice and his defense team, and their interpretation of the evidence at hand, differ to the point of presenting a “Rashomon” situation. The portraits of the disgraced former inspector presented by the U.S.
But the agreement, by and large, ends there. District Court Judge Susan Illston, where he is facing sentencing after pleading guilty to a pair of federal crimes: Participation in a bribery scheme with permit expediter Rodrigo Santos, and receiving $30,000 in “illegal gratuities” from a figure described in the documents as “DEVELOPER-1.”īoth the feds and Bernie’s attorneys agree that Curran is a “loving and supportive father, brother and son” and a dedicated volunteer in support of youth sports.
Curran, in all likelihood, will neither behave in a jocular manner nor wear floral prints into the federal courtroom of U.S. Every Friday, former senior building inspector Bernie Curran could be relied upon to don a Hawaiian shirt and regale his Department of Building Inspection colleagues with the greeting, “ Living the dream, my friends! Living the dream! Another day in paradise!”
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