The Fox News website reports today (June 23, 2012) that in the small southern California city of Cudahy, Mayor David Silva, Councilman Osvaldo Conde, and former City Manager Angel Perales were arrested yesterday and charged with soliciting and accepting cash bribes totaling $17,000 to support the opening of a medical marijuana dispensary.
If convicted of a bribery charge, each faces up to 10 years in prison.
In court yesterday, Silva and Perales were released on $50,000 bond, while Conde was released on $100,000 bond.
Court documents laid out the scheme to approve a pot shop in exchange for cash.
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