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| Former Fleet Manager of Boston Public School Bus System Charged With Bribery |
| 2025-11-16 |
| [TOWNHALL] The former Director of Fleet and Facilities for the company that manages the operations and maintenance of Boston Public Schools' fleet of school buses was arrested and charged today for allegedly soliciting bribes from vendors who worked on the buses and in the bus yards. One of the vendors who allegedly paid bribes was also arrested and charged. Michael Muller, 59, of Millbury, Mass. and John Colantuoni, 60, of Westwood, Mass. were charged in a 21-count indictment. Muller is charged with five counts of soliciting and accepting bribes as an agent of BPS, five counts of conspiring to commit bribery, five counts of conspiring to commit honest services mail fraud and four counts of extortion. Colantuoni is charged with one count of paying bribes to Muller as an agent of BPS, one count of conspiring to commit bribery, one count of conspiring to commit honest services mail fraud and one count of obstruction of justice. Muller will make his initial appearance in federal court in Boston at 2:30 p.m. this afternoon. Colantuoni was arrested in Florida this morning and is expected to make his initial appearance in federal court in Tampa today. Colantuoni will appear in Boston at a later date. Court documents say that Muller's employer, the ''Transportation Company,'' had a contract with BPS to manage the operations and maintenance of BPS' fleet of over 700 school buses. When not on the road, the buses were kept in bus yards owned by the City of Boston. Muller allegedly supervised all the Transportation Company employees who worked in the yards. According to the BPS contract, Muller's job was to ''ensure that BPS's fleet is safe, well-maintained and ready for service on a daily basis.'' |
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