It is noteworthy that Trudeau has had numerous interactions with the law, including a larceny conviction.

In 1987, the city forced Mr. Ally to drop out, saying that he had exaggerated his financial backing and had failed to disclose a larceny conviction in Maryland.

Before he was arrested and sentenced to serve three years in prison for a larceny conviction, Mr. Brown had planned to start his own landscaping company, he said.

As a result, the Court overturned the larceny conviction.

The 52-year-old defendant, Eli Bradley Jr., could have been imprisoned for up to four years on the larceny conviction.

A Rochester native, Mr. Mathis, 52, was sent to Attica in 1971 after violating parole for a grand larceny conviction.

When it developed that the chief deputy, George Reid, had an old grand larceny conviction, Mr. Fortenberry printed that news, too.

In a letter to Rockland County authorities at the time, Mr. Schiff made reference to still another seven-month sentence facing him in Manhattan for a larceny conviction.

"We're talking about a grand larceny conviction."

In 1987, the city canceled the contract with Mr. Ally, claiming that he had misrepresented his financial backing and that he had failed to disclose a larceny conviction.