Nassau County, NEW YORK

ARRESTED ON TAX EVASION CHARGES
Chairman of the Finance Committee, Roger Corbin, 62, (D) Nassau County Legislator, was arrested in May 2009 on charges of evading taxes on $226,000 he allegedly received from a developer.

Corbin was no stranger to controversy, according to Newsday in this story right after his arrest.. "Over the years, he often branded his opponents as racists; threatened to withhold his vote from his fellow Democrats on various issues, such as redistricting and the appointment."

He has pleaded not guilty. He was defeated in the September primary. (Also defeated was George Guldi, 56, (D) in his bid to become a Suffolk County legislator again. He lost the Suffolk county seat in 2003 after 10 years in office. Guldi was arrested in March and indicted in August on on charges related to $82 million in mortgage fraud.)

Corbin is suing his first attorney and a private detective he hired for his defense.