Ex-Pa. redevelopment agency head pleads not guilty

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JOHNSTOWN, Pa. (AP) — The former head of a western Pennsylvania city’s redevelopment authority has pleaded not guilty to federal extortion and bribery charges.

Sixty-two-year-old Ronald Repak of Johnstown was arraigned Wednesday and released on $10,000 unsecured bond by a federal magistrate who ordered him to surrender his passport and get permission before traveling outside of western Pennsylvania.

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