b'Echavarry, Victor Echavarry. Youre being indicted. On the day we were being indicted we surrendered down at the Bronxdistrict attorneys office. The lawyer from the union was there. And they took usthey didnt handcuff usthey drove usdown to Manhattan for the arraignment. The three of us were arraigned, we pleaded not guilty. That was it.For four years we were in and out of that court. Once a month, twice a month, postpone, postpone. Back and forth.What I found out later is that they wanted to put me in jail. They said theyd let the other two guys go if the union agreedto put me in jail.Who wanted that, the Bronx DA?Yeah. They had me down as a union official, because I was the recording secretary, so if they could put me in jail,they would let the other two guys go. But Barry wouldnt go for that. After four years, they finally decided: Plead guilty to aClass A misdemeanor, you get $1,000 fine. For three years, we could not take a promotion test.But by that time, I had become a provisional supervisor and the test was coming out. In those days those tests cameout only every 10-15 years. So, with that sentence, I was shut out. But the lawyers went to the next higher court, to the appellate division. The judge overruled it and said I could take the test. Judge Sullivan is the guy who settled this, BronxCourt Judge Sullivan.After we were sentenced, we got three years supervised probation. That means I reported to a probation officer likeany common criminal. They made our lives miserable.If you take the four years in and out of court and the three solid years of probation, they had us for seven years beforeI started breathing a sigh of relief. It seemed like forever.Kids were throwing rocks through the window because my name and address appeared in the papers. I got lettersafter I was indicted from people threatening me, from all over the country, from Florida, from California, people I neverheard of.Why were you guys in the Bronx the only ones who were indicted?The Bronx district attorney was the only district attorney who did it. Burton Roberts. Hes a judge now. I dont knowwhy he did it. The other DAs did not do anything, and those guys did the exact same thing that I did.Later on, Barry was indicted, from Manhattan. And me and about seven of the guys were indicted along with Barry,but we were called co-conspirators, not co-defendantsfor the night that we planned this. I think for the super test, I cameout number eight. Now, eight, you cant get to me. You could only get to three or four. Barry goes down and gets fourmore supervisors made. Now, all of a sudden, we had an eight-supervisor group. So thats how they did it, and since thenweve had eight supervisors. So, Barry paid me back for Unionport. Heres another thing. We had the test for supervisor, and I was going to be promoted, but they had those three years that I cant take a promotion, remember? So, they worked out a dealthis was great the day I got promoted to supervisor, I immediately took a leave of absence and went back to BOIC [bridge-operator-in-charge] for the years I was on probation. After my three years of probation was up, the union called up and I was made supervisor. So, I lost the three years as a supervisor, but I got it back when my probation was up. Thats how they got around it. 117 '