Melvin Dubrock, former assistant deputy commissioner of thecity's Streets and Sanitation Department, will plead guilty toOperation Incubator corruption charges, a federal judge revealedThursday.
Dubrock is expected to cooperate and testify against sevenco-defendants, including former mayoral aide Clarence McClain andCircuit Court Clerk Morgan Finley, sources said.
Dubrock's new intentions were disclosed by U.S. District JudgeIlana Rovner during a hearing on the case, now scheduled for trial inNovember.
U.S. Attorney Anton Valukas confirmed that Dubrock would besubmitting a guilty plea soon but did not disclose additionaldetails.
Dubrock was indicted last May on charges of taking $1,000 incash and $3,600 in airline tickets from FBI mole Michael Raymond toease the way with the city for a New York-based collection agencyseeking lucrative parking ticket delinquency contracts. Dubrock wasfired from his job in January, 1986, for refusing to cooperate withan internal city probe.
Valukas revealed that Raymond plans to write a book on hisexperiences as a government witness.
Rovner acknowledged receiving a letter from Raymond's attorney,William Aronwald, asking whether such a book would violate a courtorder sealing more than 2,000 video and audio recordings.
Raymond is a convicted swindler who posed as a bribe-payingmarketing director in the corruption probe. Prosecutors wantRaymond, in prison for parole violation, to review the tapes beforetrial.
McClain's appointed attorney, Philip Parenti, suggested invoking"the Richard Speck doctrine barring anyone from profiting fromcrimes."
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