Global InformationPete Halat information
Pete Halat | |
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| Mayor of Biloxi, Mississippi | |
| In office 1989–1993 | |
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| Born | Peter J. Halat Jr. July 27, 1942 |
Peter J. Halat Jr. (born July 27, 1942) is an American politician and lawyer who served as the twelfth mayor of Biloxi, Mississippi,[1] and was later charged for his involvement in a criminal conspiracy which led to the 1987 murders of Halat's former law partner, Mississippi judge Vincent Sherry, and Sherry's wife Margaret, a Biloxi city councilwoman.[2] He was found guilty and sentenced to 18 years in prison, of which he served 15.
Halat was elected mayor in 1989 and lost a re-election bid in 1993.[3] The FBI investigation eventually ended the city's long tolerance for wide open, illegal gambling and striptease clubs with exorbitantly priced drinks, the purchase of which served as a front for prostitution.[4]
- ^ "The full-time mayors of Biloxi". www.biloxi.ms.us.
- ^ "The Justice Story: The Dixie Mafia Murders". New York Daily News. 5 July 2008.
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