July 2, 2006
Kerik pleads guilty
By TomHunt

Former New York City police commissioner Bernard Kerik pleaded guilty Friday to accepting $165,000 in gifts from a construction firm that has been linked with the underworld, according to a story by Denise Buffa, Murray Weiss and Todd Venezia in yesterday's New York Post.

Kerik was sentenced to pay $221,000 in fines and fees.

Kerik reportedly benefited from association with Interstate Industrial Corp. That construction company is currently owned by the DiTommaso Brothers, who purchased it from Salvatore "Sammy Bull" Gravano's brother-in-law and former Gambino Crime Family capo Michael "Mikey Scars" DiLeonardo. The DiTommaso's allegedly did favors for Kerik and his friends in exchange for Kerik's support in the city government. The DiTommaso's insist they are innocent of any wrongdoing and are victims of guilt-by-association