Dino Bucci
Convicted former Macomb Township Trustee Dino Bucci, whose name surfaced often in the FBI's years-long probe into public corruption in the county, died Sunday at 62, The Macomb Daily reports in a subscribers-only post
He had been battling diabetes that led to the amputation of a leg and three fingers.
Bucci was scheduled to be sentenced in August under a plea agreement which called for a sentencing of 9-10 years in prison.
In March 2020, he pleaded guilty in federal court to being the bagman for hundreds of thousands of dollars for his boss at his fulltime job at the Macomb County Public Works Office.
Bucci admitted acting at the direction of county Public Works Commissioner Anthony Marrocco to extort builders and contractors over many years to buy hundreds of thousands of dollars’ worth of tickets to Marrocco’s political fundraisers.
He was expected to provide testimony against Marrocco, who is scheduled for trial this July in U.S. District Court. Because of poor health, he agreed last year to give sworn testimony for that trial in case he couldn't appear, The Macomb Daily says.
