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John H. Nacrelli, also known as Jack Nacrelli, was an American politician who served as a Republican mayor of Chester, Pennsylvania, from 1968 to 1979.Nacrelli was convicted on federal bribery and racketeering charges related to his activities as mayor [1] and served two years in prison.
On March 5, 1795, the borough of Chester, which had been governed under the charter granted by William Penn in 1701, was incorporated by the Pennsylvania Assembly. [2] Chester was incorporated as a city on February 4, 1866 [3] with a mayor-council government system, consisting of a popularly elected city mayor and city council. The terms of the ...
Barbara Bohannan-Sheppard (born June 15, 1950) [1] is an American politician who served as mayor of Chester, Pennsylvania from 1992 to 1995. [2] Bohannan-Sheppard was the first Democrat to be elected mayor of Chester in almost a century and the second female and second African-American mayor of Chester.
In 1933, McClure was found guilty in federal court and sentenced to 18 months in prison for vice and rum-running, [73] but his conviction was overturned on appeal. [74] In 1941, McClure was indicted for conspiracy to gain a $250,000 profit from the sale of the Chester Water Works to a private buyer.
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The escape of a convicted murderer from a Chester County correctional facility in late August is not the only incident of its kind in Pennsylvania in the past few months.
The position of Lord Mayor of Chester was created on 10 March 1992 when the dignity was conferred on the city of Chester, England by Letters Patent as part of celebrations of 40th anniversary of the accession of Queen Elizabeth II. [1] Prior to that the position had been that of Mayor of Chester. [2]
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