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The Ledger on a Hook: How a Fisherman Sank a City's Racket

The Ledger on a Hook: How a Fisherman Sank a City's Racket

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The Ledger on a Hook: How a Fisherman Sank a City's Racket

A fisherman pulled a size-12 boot on a trotline and found a cloth-bound ledger whose grease-pencil entries survived eleven days in the river - a ledger that later helped send nine men to federal prison. How did a boot and a waterproofed ledger expose a decade-long scheme of cash payments, protection fees, and municipal manipulation?

In this episode, we follow the discovery, the people named in the pages, and the chain of events from a morning on the Alder River to federal prosecutions. What exactly did the ledger record, who was on the payroll, and how did one municipal compliance official make corruption so durable - until a fishhook unraveled it?

Person: Bruce Berry
Date: August 14, 2009
Location: Alder River, east bank below Carver Road bridge
Case: Ledger recovered leading to federal prison sentences for nine men
Person: Warren McCarthy

- A fisherman named Bruce Berry pulled the ledger from a size-12 boot on hook number three at approximately 6:00 AM on August 14, 2009.
- The cloth-bound ledger measured roughly seven by five inches and contained grease-pencil entries that survived eleven days in the river.
- State organized crime agent Alan Rice recognized the ledger’s structure within ninety minutes of receiving a photocopy on the afternoon of August 14, 2009.
- Lloyd Mills began paying union stewards in cash in 2001 and by 2003 had systematized payments through the Dellworth Freight Handlers Local.
- Warren McCarthy received $900 per month in cash for at least six years while serving as a senior compliance reviewer at the Dellworth Office of Commercial Licensing.

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