Lawrence Francis Bretta (January 12, 1928 – September 2, 2006) was a Massachusetts businessman and politician who served in the Massachusetts House of Representatives and as the Mayor ofSomerville, Massachusetts. He was regional director of the General Service Administration until his resignation in February 1984 while under investigation on corruption charges. He pleaded guilty to a federal indictment alleging solicitation and acceptance of bribes on connection with the location of a federal Social Security office in the Mystic Mall in Chelsea, Massachusetts[7] and was sentenced to four years in prison. He was released in 1988.
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^ abcdHayden, Irving N. (1961), Public officers of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts 1961–1962, The Commonwealth of Massachusetts, p. 105
^ abChadwick, Thomas A. (1963), Public officers of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts 1963–1964, The Commonwealth of Massachusetts, p. 297
^Hayden, Irving N. (1957), Public officers of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts 1957–1958, The Commonwealth of Massachusetts, p. 251
^ ab"BRETTA, Honorable Lawrence F.", The Boston Globe, September 5, 2006
^ ab"OBITUARY; At 78, former Somerville Mayor Lawrence F. Bretta", Boston Herald, p. 31, September 5, 2006
