Jasiel Correia attorneys ask for another extension on pending date to report to prison

Former Fall River mayor Jasiel Correia II has asked for another extension concerning the date he is scheduled to report to prison.

Correia’s attorneys asked Friday for him to begin serving his sentence after the trial of his former chief of staff and campaign manager, Gen Andrade, concludes or a 45-day COVID-19 delay as “thousands of new infections are reported daily and hospitals remain overwhelmed”

Earlier this month Judge Woodlock ruled that Correia would report to prison January 28, 2022 instead of January 10 citing the current COVID-19 surge and Correia’s pending appeal as the reasons for the extension.

The former mayor had previously requested that the Court continue his surrender date for 30 days, to January 3, 2022. An extension to January 10th from December 3rd was granted in November.

Correia had previously asked for an extension to continue providing assistance to his family’s restaurant through the busy holiday season.

In the Government’s objection back in November, they stated that “to date, Correia has not paid back any of his defrauded investors and friends. To date, Correia has not paid back any of the taxes that he still owes. And to date, Correia has not paid back any of the hundreds of thousands of dollars in cash bribes that he grabbed from marijuana businesses all those years. Instead of repaying any of his debts, Correia asks to remain at liberty to provide what he calls “critical assistance to his family’s small business through the busy holiday season,” but what the Fall River press has more accurately described as “very likely the most expensive restaurant in Fall River.” Unsurprisingly, the only person Correia is prepared to pay is himself.”

Correia’s motion for continued release during his appeal remains pending.