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MORENO VALLEY: Councilman Marcelo Co resigns, a day after arrest
Moreno Valley City Councilman Marcelo Co resigned from his post on Tuesday, Aug. 13. Moreno Valley City Councilman Marcelo Co resigned his seat on the council Tuesday morning, Aug. 13. The announcement...
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MORENO VALLEY: Warrant says Co “pocketed money”
Moreno Valley City Councilman Marcelo Co resigned from his post on Tuesday, Aug. 13. Moreno Valley City Councilman Marcelo Co “pocketed” nearly $15,000 in funds intended to care for his ailing mother...
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MORENO VALLEY: Co not a flight risk, attorney says
Moreno Valley City Councilman Marcelo Co was booked into jail Monday, Aug. 12, after being arrested on eight felony charges. Despite what authorities have said, there is no danger of Marcelo Co leaving...
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MORENO VALLEY: Co ‘a mysterious person,’ councilman says
Moreno Valley City Councilman Richard Stewart (FILE IMAGE) Resigning from the Moreno Valley City Council was probably the best thing Marcelo Co could do, said Councilman Richard Stewart. “I think it’s...
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POLITICAL EMPIRE: No need to recall Councilman Co
BY ALICIA ROBINSON Welcome back to Political Empire. Between multiple wildfires and relocating our offices to a different floor of the building last week, we were forced to go on an inadvertent hiatus,...
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POLITICS: Top 5 Inland stories of the week
What could rank higher than an election that saw San Bernardino’s outspoken city attorney recalled? Only a now-former Moreno Valley councilman accepting the largest bribe ever accepted in a U.S. sting...
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MORENO VALLEY: Marcelo Co pleads not guilty to welfare fraud charges
Marcelo Co appears in court Wednesday, Nov. 13, where he pleaded not guilty to welfare charges. (KURT MILLER/STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER) Ex-Moreno Valley City Councilman Marcelo Co pleaded not guilty...
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POLITICS: Top 5 Inland stories of the week
Technically, it happened the week before. But state Sen. Bill Emmerson’s surprise resignation is big enough to make the top 5 Inland political stories of this past week. 5. COUNCIL HEARS IT – Moreno...
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MORENO VALLEY: Ex-Councilman pleads not guilty to taking $2.3 million bribe
Marcelo Co appears in court Wednesday, Nov. 13, where he pleaded not guilty to welfare charges. (KURT MILLER/STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER) Ex-Moreno Valley City Councilman Marcelo Co pleaded not guilty...
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TOP 10 COUNTDOWN: Moreno Valley ground zero for political drama
Early-morning raids of Moreno Valley City Council members’ homes touched off an extraordinary series of events that makes for the number one story in our countdown of the top 10 Inland political...
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