Documents detail Currie's efforts on behalf of Shoppers

State Sen. Ulysses Currie interceded in the bureaucratic process repeatedly on behalf of Shoppers Food and Pharmacy, for which he was a paid consultant, to spur traffic light projects and roadside improvements near the grocery chain's stores, according to thousands of documents reviewed by The Sun .

The documents were released to the news media today in response to requests under Maryland's Public Information Act to the state's various transportation agencies. Many of the agencies have received grand jury subpoenas in connection with a federal investigation of Currie and his previously undisclosed employment with Lanham-based Shoppers. Some of the documents shown to the news media were also turned over to federal authorities.