Ex-Rep. Lukens Held on Bribery Charges
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WASHINGTON — Former Rep. Donald E. (Buz) Lukens was arrested Thursday on charges of taking bribes from two businessmen who were fighting to keep their trade school in the student loan program.
Lukens was arrested by the FBI in Dallas. He will plead not guilty.
John Fitzpatrick of Middletown, Ohio, one of the businessmen, was arrested in Kent, Ohio. The other businessman, Henry Whitesell, was gunned down in a Cincinnati telephone booth in 1990.
Lukens (R-Ohio) resigned from Congress in 1990 rather than face an Ethics Committee probe of a second sexual misconduct charge.
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