Former East Longmeadow Selectman Sentenced on Voter Fraud
Charges  A former East Longmeadow, Massachusetts, selectman has
been sentenced to time in jail for his part in a voter fraud
scandal. Earlier this week, Enrico Villamaino pleaded guilty to
11 charges including larceny, perjury and conspiracy.  Hampden
Superior Court Judge Mary Lou Rup  sentenced Villamaino to a
year in jail. But he’ll likely only be incarcerated for four
months of that, with the balance suspended while he is on
probation. Villamaino will also have to perform several hundred
hours of community service.  The jail time is less than what
prosecutors asked for, but Rup also denied a defense request to
continue two of the felony convictions without a finding. This
means Villamaino will have those serious crimes on his record.
District Attorney Mark Mastroianni says he respects the judge’s
decision. He says given the nature of the case, he thinks this
was a serious crime.  “It makes it unusually significant. You
don’t see cases like this very