Leland Beloff
Leland Beloff | |
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Member of the Philadelphia City Council from the 1st District | |
In office May 3, 1984 – August 4, 1987[1] |
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Preceded by | James Tayoun |
Succeeded by | James Tayoun |
Member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives from the 184th district |
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In office January 4, 1977 – May 3, 1984[2] |
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Preceded by | Michael Ozzie Myers |
Succeeded by | Joseph Howlett |
In office January 7, 1969 – November 30, 1970 |
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Preceded by | District Created |
Succeeded by | Michael Ozzie Myers |
Personal details | |
Born | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania |
April 17, 1942
Political party | Republican (when a state representative); Democrat (when a city councilman) |
Occupation | Boxer |
Leland M. Beloff (born April 17, 1942)[3] is a former Democratic member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives and the Philadelphia City Council, who resigned from office after being convicted in Federal court on extortion charges.[4] [5] He was sentenced to 10 years in prison for extorting money from a Center City developer along with Philadelphia Mob boss Nicodemo Scarfo. In 1998 he and his wife were convicted on voter fraud charges. He received a three year sentence served concurrently with his earlier sentence.[6] He was paroled in 1993 and went on to become Democratic ward chairperson. He was arrested in 2011 on disorderly conduct but the charges were later dropped.[7]
Beloff has been a resident of Longport, New Jersey and Gladwyne, PA.[8][9]
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- ↑ Ex-councilman Asks Federal Judge For Freedom Leland M. Beloff Was Jailed For Extortion. Prosecutors Said He Should Serve His Full Term, Philadelphia Inquirer, February 23, 1993.
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- ↑ Schneider, Howard. "Beloff Planning To Keep Seat", The Philadelphia Inquirer, June 30, 1986. Accessed November 19, 2013. "During a 20-minute interview in the den of his Longport home, Beloff, a former actor and prize-fighter - unshaven from his court appearance the day before and clad in a brightly colored striped bathrobe - offered no explanation or theories for the arrests."
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