In a decision rendered by Federal Judge Douglas Woodlock  this morning, former Fall River Mayor Jasiel Correia II will now report to a Federal Prison on January 10, 2022 to begin serving a 6-year Federal Prison Term after a conviction at trial earlier this year. 

The original report date had been set for December 3. 

In a 6 page motion issued this morning, Woodlock wrote that'' rather than sulking in bitterness or depression after leaving office, Mr. Correia has worked tirelessly in a variety of roles to help keep his new in laws family business viable''.

Correia''s Wife's Family owns a Portugeuse Resturant on Fall River's Southside, and an Upscale Steak House near its downtown core. 

Correia's wife, Jenny Fernadez Correia, wrote in a letter to Woodlock this fall prior to her then-future husband's sentencing that Correia helps manage the second location and that his labor is ''critical'' to the success of the family business. 

 

Judge Woodlock also mentions that evidence to be presented in the Gen Andrade Trial, currently set to start on December 6, could also be considered in the former mayor's motions for a new trial. 

 

 

 

 

                   
                  
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                    JUDGE WOODLOCK ALSO MENTIONS THAT EVIDENCE TO BE PRESENTED IN THE GEN ANDRADE TRIAL, CURRENTLY SET TO BEGIN ON DECEMBER SIXTH, COULD ALSO BE CONSIDERED IN CORREIA'S MOTIONS FOR A NEW TRIAL.