The story about an alleged drug trafficker, a detective, and a woman caught in the middle, seemed outlandish. Now, though, New Bedford police are acknowledging the claims have merit.
U.S. Route 20 begins in Boston at a junction with Massachusetts Route 2 and ends in Newport, Oregon, at a junction with U.S. 101. In between, it traverses 260 miles in northern Ohio, including stretches in Cuyahoga, Lake and Lorain counties.
A private equity investor who successfully appealed his bribery and fraud convictions for paying $1.2 million to get his three children into elite colleges as part of the sprawling Varsity Blues college admissions scandal called Wednesday’s appeals court decision a “true vindication,” and said his children were accomplished students who had been unfairly tarnished by the case.
John B. Wilson was charged with being part of an elaborate scheme run by college admissions consultant Rick Singer, known as the Varsity Blues scandal, that cast a spotlight on the influence of wealth on college admissions.