Posted on 04/13/2005 9:34:59 AM PDT by Dan from Michigan
Ex-Conyers aide skips fraud sentencing, now a wanted man
4/13/2005, 7:45 a.m. ET
The Associated Press
DETROIT (AP) — A former aide to U.S. Rep. John Conyers skipped his scheduled sentencing on a federal fraud conviction, and a judge has issued a warrant for his arrest.
The government said DeWayne Boyd stole about $162,000 from four vendors and sponsors of a 1999 conference in New Orleans for black farmers. One sponsor was the U.S. Department of Agriculture, which gave $50,000 for the conference.
Boyd, 48, of Detroit was convicted Dec. 15 of seven counts of mail fraud, theft of government property, false statements and bankruptcy fraud.
He was supposed to get 30 to 46 months in prison. His lawyer, Martin Crandall, said he had spoken to Boyd a week ago, but when he tried to call him for Tuesday's sentencing, Boyd's cell phone had been disconnected.
U.S. District Judge Robert H. Cleland in Detroit canceled Boyd's $15,000 personal bond.
Boyd created and was president of the National Organization of Black Farmers in 1997, when he was an aide to California Assembly Speaker Willie Brown, according to court documents. He was the only signer on its bank account, and the now-defunct organization, he said in court papers, essentially existed to put on annual conferences.
Boyd was fired from Conyers' office in 2002.
Well I'm sure THIS will be the lead scandal on the nightly snooze tonight!
NOT.
That only happens if there is an (R) involved in the story.
Here's another story you'll never see on CNN.
Fired when it became politically inconvenient for the bossman.
Give him a break.
He did it for the chilllren.
I think we got way too much consunin' goin' on 'round here.
This puts things in an entirely different light. It's not Boyd's fault that Bush and the far-right extremists controlling Congress are balancing the budget on the backs of the poor, depriving them of programs that would permit them to pay their phone bills.
Anyhow, going to prison could be bad for Boyd's self-esteem.
" Bush and the far-right extremists controlling Congress are balancing the budget "
Balancing the budget? What world are you living in?
I was trying to imitate a liberal. Since when do liberals have to be accurate?
I'll add: "slashing spending and giving billions to the rich through 'tax reform'".
Let's see....he committed the crimes in 1999, and was fired from Conyers office in 2002.
And his other employer was Willie Brown? How funny is that???
Black Con men, democrats, hiring black con men, to con other black men, and black farmers no less. This is a disgrace, and an important story, which I thank you for posting. We most likely won't hear of it again, certainly not in the mainstream media.
A Willie Brown Protege!!
Classless trailer trash, the entire lot. Sleazy greaseballs and whores.
This is what A&E has come to?
They are trying to do the public a valuable service by showing what Red State America is really like. < /sarcasm>
Better?
Delay's ties to lobbyist deepen own controversy
House Majority Leader Tom DeLay finds himself in political controversy partly because of his close
relationship with Jack Abramoff, a former action movie producer turned superstar lobbyist who is now the ta
rget of a federal grand jury investigation.
Therapeutically better.
Come on Dan, keep pumping this one. Folks need to know.
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