Conspiracy case dogs union chiefs By David Shepardson / The Detroit News
The head of the Michigan Regional Council of Carpenters and the former president of the union will be arraigned early this month on federal corruption charges.
Walter Ralph Mabry, 59, the group's current executive secretary-treasurer, is accused of conspiring to receive more than $120,000 in 'extraordinary discounts' for his Grosse Pointe Park home from companies, including Nelson-Mill, Crudo Brothers Inc., Harris Homes Carpentry, K&R Construction Inc., Danna Carpentry Contractors and Brown Flooring between January 1998 and December 1999, according to a federal indictment.