AZ Republican Mayor plotted rival’s death, wife tells cops

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July 18, 2008 - 12:55PM
Berman plotted rival’s death, wife tells cops
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Dennis Welch, Tribune
Gilbert Mayor Steve Berman plotted to kill Councilwoman Linda Abbott years ago because he blamed her for his 1993 defeat in a council race, the mayor’s estranged wife told Maricopa County sheriff’s investigators.

Berman went so far as scouting out Abbott’s jogging patterns with plans to run her over with his truck, Michelle Berman is quoted as saying in a police report released Friday morning.

Read Maricopa County Sheriff's Office investigative report of Gilbert Mayor Steve Berman

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He backed out at the last minute after waiting for Abbott to pass by, according to Michelle Berman’s statement to police.

Her statement to sheriff’s investigators does not give a time frame for the incident. Michelle Berman did say she was not with the mayor at the time, but that he told her about the plot later.

http://www.eastvalleytribune.com/story/121109

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1. typo in op... oops

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2. thanks! fixed it.

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3. Yeah.

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