Delco pol charged with bribery, theft
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A longtime Haverford Township commissioner and
Delaware County courthouse employee was charged
yesterday with felony bribery and theft.
A separate grand jury report accused Fred C. Moran
and his allies of furthering their political ambitions
at the expense of taxpayers.
The 34-page report, resulting from an investigation
that began in November 2004, pulled the lid off a
controversy surrounding the sale of the 212-acre site
of the former Haverford State Hospital.
Besides filing criminal charges against Moran,
the grand jury recommended an overhaul of Pennsylvania's
Sunshine Act - including the implementation of
criminal penalties - to prevent municipal officials
from governing behind closed doors.
Moran, 61, a Republican commissioner who has represented
the township's 4th Ward for nearly three decades,
is facing three felony counts - one of bribery and
two of theft - as well as a misdemeanor count of
obstructing the administration of law or other
governmental functions.
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