Testimony to resume in extortion trial for ex-labor leader John Dougherty and his nephew

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The third criminal trial for the former Local 98 leader is taking place in Reading.

Former labor leader John Dougherty, widely known as “Johnny Doc,” is facing trial again this week, his third federal criminal trial.

There are few things about the 2020 job site skirmish that has landed former labor leader John Dougherty back in court on which prosecutors and defense attorneys can agree. U.S. District Judge Jeffrey L. Schmehl, who has presided over all of Dougherty’s recent legal matters, is normally stationed at the small federal courthouse in downtown Reading.Greg Fiocca, 31, is John Dougherty’s nephew and a former member of Local 98 who grew up in in Pennsport in the house next door to his uncle.

 

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