The Dorchester Reporter gets the scoop on a Dec. 17 meeting in Roxbury at which the former state senator accused the Black Ministerial Alliance of Greater Boston and the Boston Ten-Point Coalition of essentially conspiring to oust her from office.

Conspiracy? Wilkerson? Why does that sound familiar? It'll come to me. ...

PolitickerMA reports on the indictment released today that charges Turner and Wilkerson with conspiring to extort money from the "Cooperating Witness," whom the feds are now calling "Witness A" and whom everybody else knows as Roxbury businessman Ron Wilburn.

Read the indictment.

Ron Wilburn, the "Cooperating Witness," talks to the Globe's Adrian Walker. Fans of Boston political intrigue need to go read the interview now, if you haven't already.

Ed. Frequent Critic of Walker Note: Adrian, this makes up for all those columns on the Red Sox and beach erosion in Winthrop.

J.M. Lawrence reports a magistrate made the ruling today in US District Court in Boston, which means taxpayers will pick up lawyer Max Stern's bill.

Several reports say it's related to the Wilkerson bribery case. They tried to arrest him at home last night, but he wasn't there.

The Globe reports he'll be charged with extortion and lying to FBI agents in a sting related to Wilkerson's manipulations to get a liquor license for "CW," also known as Ron Wilburn, for his Dejavu club at the Crosstown center on Melnea Cass Boulevard.

To be arraigned in Worcester, of all places.

Take a look at this Jamaica Plain Gazette interview from Nov. 10 in which Turner accused the feds of trying to set him up.

The affidavit in the Wilkerson case doesn't specifically mention Turner. However, in a section on bribery related to a proposed development on Harrison Avenue, it does state:

Associate A also explained that Wilkerson "orchestrates" the "small timers" including a second named member of the House of Representatives and a named Boston City Councilor. Associate A suggested that each of those individuals should be paid $1,000. Associate A agreed to make introductions to the relevant politicians so that UC2 or UC3 could make payments to them. However, Associate A cautioned, "ninety-nine percent of the times, these people would, would accept or receive these things fro a source that tey're comfortable with."

Associate A has been identified as developer Azid Mohammed. UC2 and UC3 were undercover FBI agents (more Wilkerson players). The section raises the question: If this is what Turner was indicted for, are there a couple of state reps who should be worrying about an early morning knock on their doors?

Innocent, etc.

The Globe reports.

Could face up to 20 years in jail under the federal indictment released today. The feds are also seeking the return of the $23,500 allegedly paid to her by undercover agents and an informant as bribes.

Dianne Wilkerson can't find enough money to pay her lawyer, wants federal tax-payers to pick up the tab.

The Jamaica Plain Gazette interviews Turner; he says an undercover FBI agent visited his City Hall office with a hidden camera. Turner also compares the way the FBI dealt with Wilkerson and him to the way the FBI went after Martin Luther King in the 1960s.

Won't quit her Senate job just yet to ensure "an orderly transition," she claims.

Meanwhile, Daniel Pokaski flees a reporter who wants to know what he thinks about a federal complaint that paints him as a less than flattering character in the Wilkerson affair.

Oh, and a mayoral flunky tells one blogger (and plaintiff) that the mayor has "no influence on the licensing board."