BOSTON —

Federal prosecutors are asking a judge to sentence former Boston city councilor Tania Fernandes Anderson to prison for a year and a day for running a bribery scheme they called "part of a larger pattern of putting herself first over her constituents."

Her defense attorney also filed a sentencing recommendation late Friday, arguing that Fernandes Anderson was a caring public servant who nevertheless "did not fully appreciate her role as a public steward." Latest Forecast

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Fernandes Anderson was arrested last December on federal fraud and theft charges. She pled guilty and relinquished her seat on the council.

The filings were made a week before her sentencing, scheduled for next Friday.

In their sentencing memorandum, prose

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