FALL RIVER -- Mayor Jasiel Correia will announce Tuesday that he will suspend his re-election campaign and take a leave of absence from office, according to a report in The Boston Globe.A noon press conference is scheduled to take place Tuesday at the worksite of the new B.M.C. Durfee High School.Correia is facing 24 federal counts that include allegations he extorted $600,000 from marijuana vendors in a pay-to-play scheme that began just months into his first year in office. [...]
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