| Lawrence Francis Bretta | |||||
| Office: | Mayor of Somerville | ||||
| Term Start: | January 1, 1962 | ||||
| Term End: | July 17, 1967[1] | ||||
| Predecessor: | Harold W. Wells | ||||
| Successor: | John R. Havican (acting) | ||||
| Office1: | Massachusetts House of Representatives | ||||
| Term Start1: | 1959  | ||||
| Term End1: |  1962 | ||||
| Constituency1: | 24th Middlesex district | ||||
| Predecessor1: | Harold A. Palmer | ||||
| Successor1: | Joseph Thomas Travalini | ||||
| Office2: | Chairman of the Somerville School Committee | ||||
| Term Start2: | 1958  | ||||
| Term End2: |  1958 | ||||
| Office3: | Member of the Somerville School Committee | ||||
| Term Start3: | 1956  | ||||
| Term End3: |  1962 | ||||
| Birth Date: | January 12, 1928 | ||||
| Birth Place: | Somerville, Massachusetts | ||||
| Death Date: | September 2, 2006 | ||||
| Death Place: | Medford, Massachusetts | ||||
| Restingplace: | Oak Grove Cemetery, Medford, Massachusetts | ||||
| Nationality: | American | ||||
| Party: | Democratic | ||||
| Spouse: | Joan E. Benway | ||||
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Lawrence Francis Bretta (January 12, 1928 – September 2, 2006) was a Massachusetts businessman and politician who served in the Massachusetts House of Representatives and as the Mayor of Somerville, Massachusetts. He was regional director of the General Service Administration until his resignation in February 1984 while under investigation on corruption charges. He pleaded guilty to a federal indictment alleging solicitation and acceptance of bribes on connection with the location of a federal Social Security office in the Mystic Mall in Chelsea, Massachusetts[2] and was sentenced to four years in prison. He was released in 1988.