Miami Lakes mayor acquitted of corruption charges

Published August 14, 2014 9:23pm ET



MIAMI (AP) — Suspended Miami Lakes Mayor Michael Pizzi was acquitted Thursday in a federal corruption case in which he was accused of accepting bribes from undercover FBI agents posing as shady businessmen.

A Miami federal jury cleared Pizzi of all seven counts after deliberating for parts of two days following a month-long trial. Pizzi attorney Ben Kuehne, who represented the mayor along with Ed Shohat, said he has already asked Gov. Rick Scott to reinstate Pizzi as mayor of the Miami suburb.

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