Christian DiCicco, a candidate for the Pennsylvania state House, said yesterday that his South Philadelphia campaign office was burglarized and cast blame on electricians union leader John Dougherty, who is supporting DiCicco’s opponent.

Dougherty – a candidate for state Senate in next month’s primary – denied any involvement and said he was not aware of any involvement by State Rep. Bill Keller, the Democratic incumbent facing DiCicco in the primary race for the 184th District.

“We had no knowledge of anyone associated with this campaign participating in this alleged break-in,” said Dougherty spokesman Frank Keel. “This kind of stuff should not happen in this or any political campaign. There is no place for it.”

Campaign staff for DiCicco, the son of City Councilman Frank DiCicco, told police they walked into their office at 1616 E. Passyunk Ave. yesterday morning and discovered a couch and 10 pictures slashed with a razor or other sharp-edged tool.

Missing were a camera, some policy papers and internal poll data.
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