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Would-be John Tierney challenger Richard Tisei acknowledges family legal problem

By Glen Johnson

 |  Globe Staff  

  December 07, 2011

Republican congressional candidate Richard Tisei, whose potential Democratic opponent, Representative John Tierney, has been dogged by his family’s legal problems, has acknowledged his own sister was arrested for cocaine possession. Tisei said he “had no idea” his sister, 48-year-old Donna McHale of North Reading, had been arrested in August until it was reported in the media. Tierney’s wife pleaded guilty last year to federal tax charges, and his brother-in-law was found guilty of federal racketeering and gambling charges.

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