Daily updates on the federal extortion trial of former IBEW union leader John Dougherty in April.
John Dougherty is back in court, facing his third trial on federal felony charges in as many years. This time, he’s charged along with his nephew, Greg Fiocca, withamid a dispute over Fiocca’s job performance and pay while working in 2020 on the construction of the Live! Casino in South Philadelphia.
By all accounts, Fiocca, a union electrician, was less than a model employee. He rarely showed up for work, was once caught sleeping on the job, and had a history across multiple postings of mouthing off to his bosses. He was laid off from a Market East construction site in 2016 after he spit on a supervisor. Then came a job site skirmish that has now landed him and Dougherty in federal court.
After a six-week trial, a federal jury found Dougherty guilty in a corruption case in which prosecutors had accused him of paying off Henon with a union salary and tickets to sporting events. In exchange, they said, Henon, who was also convicted, essentially sold the powers of his City Council seat, allowing Dougherty to use them to exact revenge on a series of personal and professional rivals.
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