Judge Baron was charged with bribery, receiving unlawful gratuities, endangering the welfare of a child and official misconduct.

The sergeant and the officer were each charged with three counts of accepting unlawful gratuities.

Siminovsky pleaded guilty to a Class A misdemeanor for having given unlawful gratuities, as part of his plea bargain.

Congressman Biaggi resigned from office in 1988 following his convictions for extortion and accepting unlawful gratuities.

Because Mr. Siminovsky pleaded guilty to a misdemeanor, giving unlawful gratuities, the maximum jail sentence would be one year.

He tangled with her once over whether he could expand his charter to investigate Tyson to see whether it had given unlawful gratuities to other officials.

One of them was also charged with giving unlawful gratuities, a misdemeanor with a penalty of one year and a $1,000 fine.

During the testimony of a disbarred divorce lawyer who has pleaded guilty to giving unlawful gratuities, the witness described what he had been told after his arrest.

He also declined to dismiss misdemeanor charges of official misconduct and accepting unlawful gratuities.

Mr. Francis is charged with filing fraudulent state income tax returns and receiving an unlawful gratuity.