Former Pennsylvania Mayor Sentenced to 15 Years for Bribery

Former Pennsylvania Mayor Sentenced to 15 Years for Bribery
Ed Pawlowski, Mayor of Allentown, PA. speaks at the Lehigh Valley Conference Of Churches on Nov. 22, 2015 in Allentown, P.A. Paul Zimmerman/Getty Images for MoveOn.org
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HARRISBURG, Pa.—A former mayor of Allentown, Pa., was sentenced on Oct. 23 to 15 years in prison for bribery and related crimes that prosecutors said he carried out to finance an abortive run for the U.S. Senate.

Ed Pawlowski, 53, was convicted on March 1 of 47 counts related to pay-to-play schemes in which he solicited kickbacks from prospective city contractors. Five of the counts were subsequently dropped.