Wisconsin’s former parole chief is now facing a felony charge for public corruption.
Prosecutors in Racine yesterday filed formal charges against John Tate the Second. The D.A. says Tate, who is currently a Racine alderman, voted to create a new violence interruption coordinator position last summer. He then accepted that job last fall. Prosecutors say Tate broke the state’s ‘private interest in a public contract’ law by voting for a job that he had an inside track on. Tate never started as violence interruption coordinator because state law bars local officials from taking jobs that were created during their time in office. He resigned as alderman on Monday.
He is facing as much as six months in jail if convicted.
