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September 28, 2006

Judge turns Bevilacqua's court costs into $40,000 fine

PROVIDENCE -- Joseph A. Bevilacqua Jr., a prominent defense lawyer serving a federal sentence for lying about what he knew about the leaked undercover videotape used in Operation Plunder Dome, got some goods news in court today.

Bevilacqua saw the amount of money he must pay for his crimes reduced to $40,000 from the $152,247 that U.S. District Judge Mary M. Lisi originally imposed in September 2005.

At that time the larger figure was based on the costs associated with the investigation and prosecution in his case. But the 1st U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in May ruled that while Lisi had the power to fine Bevilacqua, she did not have the authority to order him to reimburse the government for going after him.

To correct that judicial wrong, Lisi ordered Bevilacqua back in court and then accepted the prosecutor’s request that he be fined $40,000 -- the maximum allowed under the federal guidelines range.

Lisi had also sentenced Bevilacqua to 18 months in prison. He's currently serving his sentence in a Boston halfway house, which he leaves daily to go to work at a hunting and fishing store in North Kingstown.

-- Journal staff writer Tom Mooney

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