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November 27, 2013

Violette heading to home arrest after prison

The former head of the Maine Turnpike Authority is out of prison and will serve the remainder of his 3½-year prison sentence for public corruption at his brother’s home in Orrington.

The Portland Press Herald reported that 61-year-old Paul Violette was scheduled to leave Bolduc Correctional Facility in Warren today after less than 20 months in prison. He pleaded guilty to charges that he stole more than $150,000 from the Maine Turnpike Authority in the form of gift cards, extravagant travel arrangements and personal expenses and was sentenced in 2012 to serve 3½ years in prison and pay restitution.

The case, which prosecutors called one of the most egregious public corruption cases in the state’s history, prompted introduction and passage of the “Violette bill” into law, which allows a court to order forfeiture of state benefits if an employee is convicted of a crime related to his or her role as a public employee.

The paper reported the bill does not apply retroactively to Violette and he will keep a $5,288.21 monthly pension, although his restitution payment of $155,000 was partly based on his future retirement income, the paper reported.

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