D.C. asbestos inspectors sentenced for bribery demands

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Two former environmental inspectors for the District of Columbia were sentenced to a year behind bars each for demanding bribes in a federal sting. Joe L. Parrish, 52, and Gregory Scott, 60, both former inspectors in the District’s Department of Environment, accepted $20,000 in payments to overlook problems with the removal of asbestos from an apartment on the Southwest waterfront, authorities said.

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