STATE REP LEO MEDINA 'STOLE LIFE INSURANCE MONEY'

CROOKED?

A CROOKED politician? Surely not? 
A Rhode Island lawmaker has been accused of stealing the proceeds from a life insurance policy on his friend's dead daughter. 
State Rep Leo Medina, who has a history of legal woes, allegedly offered to help his pal cash in on his share of a $31,000 share of a policy on his on his 32-year-old daughter, who died of heart failure in May 2007. 
But cops say that he directed $3000 to an attorney and pocketed the remaining $28,000, of which it's believed, he spent $24,000
Of course he denies taking the money, telling The Providence Democrat the charge was "extortion" and claiming relates to a simple and non-criminal disagreement over money and "will be gone" in 30 days. 
  Although of course it's not the first time he's been in trouble with the law. 
In July, the Rhode Island Supreme Court recommended that Medina be prosecuted civilly or criminally for practicing law without a license.
No civil or criminal charges have been filed in that case against the democrat who was elected last November after defeating, five time incumbent Rep. Joseph S. Almeida Jr, by just a handful of votes. 
He serves on the House Corporations Committee and the House Veterans' Affairs Committee.