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| Baltimore Mayor Charged With Theft |
| 2009-01-10 |
| Not gonna play Guess That Party? Mayor Sheila Dixon was indicted Friday on charges that she accepted illegal gifts during her time as mayor and City Council president, including travel, fur coats and gift cards that she allegedly used for a holiday shopping spree. A grand jury indicted Dixon on 12 counts, including four counts of perjury and two counts of theft over $500. She was also charged with theft under $500, fraudulent misappropriation by a fiduciary and misconduct in office. The State Prosecutor's Office, which has been investigating corruption at City Hall for nearly three years, said Dixon received holiday gift cards for four years from several people. Prosecutors said the gift cards were to be distributed to needy families, but were instead used by Dixon to buy herself electronics, clothes and other merchandise and also handed out to members of her staff. That's great. You stay classy, Sheila... "I am being unfairly accused," Dixon said in a statement. "Time will prove that I have done nothing wrong, and I am confident that I will be found innocent of these charges." Dixon said she would not step down. "I will not let these charges deter me from keeping Baltimore on the path that we have set, or from carrying forward the significant progress we have made thus far," she said. Her kids must still need a Wii... |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #7 They don't call it "Culture of Corruption". They call it "Helping Working Families". Like Sheila's... |
| Posted by: tu3031 2009-01-10 14:15 |
| #6 Four legs good, two legs |
| Posted by: Procopius2k 2009-01-10 14:02 |
| #5 Must be that "Culture of Corruption" we keep hearing about. That's the words they use to describe republicans. For democrats it's Kulture of Korruption, totally different spelling, same concept. |
| Posted by: badanov 2009-01-10 12:38 |
| #4 Must be that "Culture of Corruption" we keep hearing about. |
| Posted by: DMFD 2009-01-10 10:56 |
| #3 Wouldn't be this Sheila Dixon, would it? |
| Posted by: tipper 2009-01-10 08:40 |
| #2 I saw the first report on CNN around 2:45 PM Eastern time yesterday. They didn't mention her party affiliation then, either. I'm guessing Reform Party... |
| Posted by: Raj 2009-01-10 08:22 |
| #1 Whig? |
| Posted by: Thusose Poodle8489 2009-01-10 07:57 |