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Investigation Of Laredo Ex-Mayor May Be OvLAREDO, Texas (AP) -ANerneyt for former Laredo Mayer J.C. Martin Jr. budded with prosecutors Mon day and said they reached a tentative agreement that would end a Webb County tnrestigatkm of Martin.The attorneys said Martin would make MOO,000 restitu-tion to the city and plead guilty to a misdemeanor charge of official misconduct.The complicated legal maneuvers are the latest in a aeries for Martin, who lastyear made restitution of 010,000 and served 0 consecutive weekends in jail after pleading guilty to federal mail fraud in a Brownsville court.Martin’s difficulties date back to 1977, when he and M other Laredo men were indicted in connection with a state grand jury investiga-feuMtam Into the scandM dtyMonday, Martin brohe his silence on the matters. “1 have been the only one tonrwn /ad*WATER COSTSAnd nmdure water canal toserve time and the only one who paid anything, ” he said.“There were many others involved in the investigation, but they concentrated only on me. We wait something that will be perwia-newt, something that will end R enee and for aH.Monday’s agreement, if finaliad, would have the effect of terminating a grand jury iaveHgatienef Martta. That panaPsmalmnp is challenged by the IS-year-eM former mayerwho served inthe pmt for M yews.Mlt Ihrtla was serving thne 0 fail, the dty aMer-wgyl spiff was digging into Mh Matrflii edsUnlUrsflnns' fholr information wasmoved thd Garcia diagiml-ify hfcuadf and declare that the grand jury pinsf wm illegallypaaSbft* 09 district attor nayandafund jury.fit'ftadrtmeats were re-hWVMMfet dmMarvh grand jmy wnedfemismd by State Mrtct Judge Ruben Gar dl|.dlHll0Mndad that 0*40*1001 dhrtbtte thetrict Judge Houston, thatnotHtfPhVi attorneys thenmunityporary
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Brownsville Herald
Brownsville, Texas, US
Tue, Jul 24, 1979
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