Ex-Union Chief Gets 27 Months for Taking Bribes ; Among a Dozen Convicted in Probe

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NEWARK - The former president of a union local representing heavy equipment operators was sentenced to 27 months in prison Tuesday by a judge who said he sold out union members by taking bribes from contractors.

"This union is corrupt, and you were at the heart of it," U.S. District Judge Stanley R. Chesler told Peter O. Stranne-mar, 66, of Blairstown in re- jecting his plea for a shorter sentence.

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Ex-Union Chief Gets 27 Months for Taking Bribes ; Among a Dozen Convicted in Probe

"You sold out your members. You didn't do it once, you did it numerous times. The job of a labor leader is to look out...

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