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Former mayor's building services head charged with extortion

12:14 PM CST on Tuesday, January 18, 2005

From 11 News Staff Reports

Another member of the former Houston Mayor Lee Brown's administration is in trouble with the law.

The former head of building services for the city of Houston, Monique McGilbra, has been charged with extortion and depriving the city of Houston with honest services.

She is the second in as many months who worked for Mayor Brown who is now facing charges.

Back in December Oliver Spellman, the former chief of staff for Brown, pleaded guilty in federal court to taking bribes in exchange for city contracts.

Spellman will be sentenced in March.

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