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'DIRE' FIGURE: Pedro Espada Jr. living on less than $3,000 a month

Without a nonprofit to loot, disgraced ex-state senator Pedro Espada Jr. is squeaking by these days on $2,965 a month, according to court papers.

nydailynews.com (14 days ago)

Pedro Espada Jr. sentenced to 5 years for embezzlement

Pedro Espada Jr. will have to settle for prison tuna and mackerel instead of the lobster and sushi he’d been gorging himself on with plundered money from his nonprofit.

nydailynews.com (5 days ago)

Ex-Sen. Pedro Espada says new evidence proves innocence

Disgraced ex-state senator Pedro Espada, Jr. claims he should get a new trial because a Brooklyn federal judge allegedly spent up to 20 minutes in the jury room during tumultuous deliberations and urged them to reach a verdict.

nydailynews.com (16 days ago)

Disgraced ex-Sen. Pedro Espada says new evidence proves innocence against embezzlement charges

nydailynews.com (16 days ago)

Pedro Espada Jr. sentenced to 5 years, fines and community service

Pedro Espada’s rags-to-stolen riches story of a homeless teen, who goes from riding the subways to serving as one of the most powerful Democrats in the state senate, came to a crashing end Friday with a judge sentencing him to five years in federal prison for plundering a nonprofit.

nydailynews.com (5 days ago)

Feds ask for 7 years in slammer for disgraced ex-Sen. Pedro Espada

Prosecutors are urging a federal judge to slam ex-state senator Pedro Espada, Jr., with seven years in prison for embezzling funds from a nonprofit, calling the disgraced Bronx Democrat "the unapologetic poster child of charity abuse."

nydailynews.com (9 days ago)

Son of ex-state Sen. says his dad is to blame

Disgraced ex-state Sen. Pedro Espada Jr. is being thrown under the bus by his son Pedro Gautier, who blames his crooked father for 'corrupting' him. The elder Espada will be sentenced Friday for embezzling funds from the nonprofit Soundview Health Center in the Bronx.

nydailynews.com (5 days ago)