The road ends for Jasiel Correia

Welcome to the weekend, everyone! We had a busy Friday – let's wrap up the week by looking at the top stories of the day. 

Former mayor Jasiel F. Correia II is now behind bars, according to the Bureau of Prisons, an inmate at a federal prison in Berlin, New Hampshire, beginning his six-year sentence for fraud and corruption that left a stain on city government and torched a rising political career. How did he get to this point? And what comes next for the former mayor? Read much more here. 

The head of the Department of Community Maintenance, John Perry, has been placed on paid leave for two weeks pending an investigation, the administration has confirmed, although they are not identifying specific issues surrounding the probe. Reporter Jo C. Goode has more on this developing situation here. 

The Fall River School Department staffer who was allegedly bullied and harassed by former school Superintendent Matt Malone has settled his discrimination complaints with the city for $150,000. Brian Mikolazyk, the School Department’s longtime school information coordinator, spoke out about his experience with us. 

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