Retired Philadelphia Traffic Court Judge Thomasine Tynes has agreed to plead guilty to a reduced charge of conflict of interest in the bribery probe that was previously shuttered by Attorney General Kathleen Kane, according to a court filing over Tynes’ sentencing in an unrelated federal case.
Tynes had been charged in state court with bribery, conflict of interest and conspiracy by an investigating grand jury. The charges stem from Tynes allegedly accepting a $2,000 Tiffany & Co. bracelet in return for promising a businessman a contract with the court.
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