A former OPP officer and Mississauga resident accused of obstruction and other criminal charges was in court this morning for a pre-trial hearing.
Mike Rutigliano, who was a sergeant with OPP, appeared before Justice Casey Hill in Superior Court in Brampton. No trial date has been set.
Rutigliano, a 28-year veteran before he left the OPP in 2011, faces obstruction charges in a case involving Mississauga beverage entrepreneur Frank D'Angelo, as well as numerous charges in a wide-ranging corruption and fraud probe.
In 2009, D'Angelo was acquitted of sexually assaulting a business associate's daughter in a hotel room near Yorkdale in Toronto.
Crown prosecutor Scott Fenton stayed charges of conspiracy to commit obstruction and obstruct justice against D'Angelo.
When D'Angelo was arrested in May 2009, investigators alleged he conspired with Rutigliano to obstruct, pervert or defeat the course of justice in relation to the sex assault charge.
Rutigliano is also alleged to have conspired with two former Bombardier employees in a $15-million fraud against the aircraft maker.
He's also facing several other charges.
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