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Former RI House Speaker to leave prison, enter halfway house

August 15, 2017 12:00 am • Last Updated: August 15, 2017 6:25 am

PAWTUCKET, R.I. (AP) — An imprisoned former Rhode Island House Speaker will soon be transferred to a halfway house in Pawtucket after more than two years behind bars.

Pawtucket Mayor Donald Grebien said Monday that former Speaker Gordon Fox will move into the facility as part of his transition out of a federal prison in Pennsylvania. It's not clear when he will arrive.

Fox is currently serving a three-year sentence. He pleaded guilty in 2015 to corruption for taking a bribe of more than $50,000 and taking more than $100,000 from his campaign account dating to 2008.

Grebien said the move is not a release but a transfer to a less secure facility.

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