Posted on 11/04/2014 5:27:54 PM PST by RightGeek
Former Charlotte Mayor Patrick Cannon was stripped of his right to vote in October when he was sentenced to 44 months in federal prison after pleading guilty to felony corruption charges.
But just over two weeks later, Cannon cast a ballot in North Carolina's midterm elections. And the vote, a violation of Cannon's bond, has again landed the former mayor in hot water.
"Let's cut to the chase: He shouldn't have done that, and we're going to talk to him tomorrow," Greg Forrest, chief of the U.S. Probation Office in Charlotte, told the Charlotte Observer on Tuesday.
Forrest said he would report the violation to the same judge who handed down Cannon's sentence in mid-October and allowed him to remain free on bond until he enters prison.
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Should have mentioned - Charlotte, North Carolina.
So I'm guessing he's a......
Some people just can’t help themselves.
AWWWW, they’re going to talk to him, isn’t that special! How about you throw his azz in jail for a flagrant parole violation......oh, yeah, he’s a democrap so he’ll just skate on it.
I’ve known individuals on probation for ticky-tack offenses who, when they violated probation even accidentally, in non-malicious fashion etc. had the house brought down upon them by judges who seem to take the probation violation personally.
Cannon can and should get an extension of his custodial sentence - none of this run-concurrently nonsense.
“So I’m guessing he’s a......
He’s a democrat and a crook.
But I repeat myself.
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