Politics & Government

Court Schedules Arraignments for Navy Kickback Case

The arraignments are set for July.


A Virginia man and a Warwick lawyer are set to be arraigned in July on federal charges in connection with an . 

Ralph Mariano of Virginia and Mary E. O'Rourke will appear in federal court in July, reports The Providence Journal. 

Mariano, 53, of Arlington, VA, a former engineer with the U.S. Navy’s Naval Sea Systems Command (NAVSEA), is accused of accepting bribes as a public official from Portsmouth resident . 

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Mariano allegedly accepted kickbacks of naval funds from  (ASFT), a Middletown company. 

His father also faces tax charges, according to The Providence Journal.

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