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07-19-2008, 01:05 AM
Berman plotted rival’s death, wife tells police
Gilbert Mayor Steve Berman plotted to kill Councilwoman Linda Abbott years ago because he blamed her for his 1993 defeat in a council race, the mayor’s estranged wife told Maricopa County sheriff’s investigators.
Berman went so far as scouting out Abbott’s jogging patterns with plans to run her over with his truck, Michelle Berman is quoted as saying in a police report released Friday morning.
Read Maricopa County Sheriff's Office investigative report of Gilbert Mayor Steve Berman (http://www.eastvalleytribune.com/pdf/20080718IR%2008-125479%20Berman0001.pdf)
Gilbert mayor's wife claims years of abuse (http://www.eastvalleytribune.com/story/120880)
He backed out at the last minute after waiting for Abbott to pass by, according to Michelle Berman’s statement to police.
Her statement to sheriff’s investigators does not give a time frame for the incident. Michelle Berman did say she was not with the mayor at the time, but that he told her about the plot later.
The mayor has not been arrested or charged, but the investigation has been turned over to the Maricopa County Attorney's Office for review.
More (http://www.eastvalleytribune.com/story/121109)
http://www.eastvalleytribune.com/images/photos/2008/07/18/42nyxk33.jpg
Gilbert Mayor Steve Berman
http://www.eastvalleytribune.com/images/photos/2008/07/18/46ojpi0w.jpg
Linda Abbott
I went to school with someone with the same name as the intended victim. Not the same person, though.
The mayor looks like Lurch, the "Addams Family" butler.
http://115.photobucket.com/albums/a391/kingpopgun/lurch.jpg
Except that the mayor looks creepier.
Gilbert Mayor Steve Berman plotted to kill Councilwoman Linda Abbott years ago because he blamed her for his 1993 defeat in a council race, the mayor’s estranged wife told Maricopa County sheriff’s investigators.
Berman went so far as scouting out Abbott’s jogging patterns with plans to run her over with his truck, Michelle Berman is quoted as saying in a police report released Friday morning.
Read Maricopa County Sheriff's Office investigative report of Gilbert Mayor Steve Berman (http://www.eastvalleytribune.com/pdf/20080718IR%2008-125479%20Berman0001.pdf)
Gilbert mayor's wife claims years of abuse (http://www.eastvalleytribune.com/story/120880)
He backed out at the last minute after waiting for Abbott to pass by, according to Michelle Berman’s statement to police.
Her statement to sheriff’s investigators does not give a time frame for the incident. Michelle Berman did say she was not with the mayor at the time, but that he told her about the plot later.
The mayor has not been arrested or charged, but the investigation has been turned over to the Maricopa County Attorney's Office for review.
More (http://www.eastvalleytribune.com/story/121109)
http://www.eastvalleytribune.com/images/photos/2008/07/18/42nyxk33.jpg
Gilbert Mayor Steve Berman
http://www.eastvalleytribune.com/images/photos/2008/07/18/46ojpi0w.jpg
Linda Abbott
I went to school with someone with the same name as the intended victim. Not the same person, though.
The mayor looks like Lurch, the "Addams Family" butler.
http://115.photobucket.com/albums/a391/kingpopgun/lurch.jpg
Except that the mayor looks creepier.