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Posted on 01/09/2009 3:06:02 PM PST by Panzerlied
PHILADELPHIA, Jan 9 (Reuters) - A grand jury on Friday indicted Baltimore Mayor Sheila Dixon on 12 counts including perjury, theft and fraudulent misappropriation stemming in part from gifts she received from a former boyfriend, prosecutors said.
The indictment alleges that in 2004, Dixon received gift cards used to buy electronics including a PlayStation 2, CDs and DVDs. The cards were intended to be given to needy families but Dixon used them to purchase items for herself, it says.
Those actions violate the city's Ethics Disclosure Law under which public employees are required to disclose gifts, the indictment says.
Dixon, 55, a Democrat who is the city's first female mayor, issued a statement saying she had done nothing wrong.
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It wasn’t her.
Mayor Dixon continues the Maryland tradition of politics.
Well, it’s not like political affiliation is newsworthy ;-)
She and Blago must be using the same script-writer.
Searcing you will find:
http://www.freerepublic.com/tag/baltimore/index?tab=articles
Mayor Dixon continues the tradition of politics.
Ok, fixed it for you
Alas, not under the headline I used.
I don't think Obama or Mayor Daley have admitted that Blagojegvich is a Democrat yet. Certainly the mainstream never mentions it.
Secretary of "You'll never Catch Me, Copper!!:
Secretary of Hubris
Chief Integity Officer
HBO’s “The Wire” comes to life.
The typical Democrat reader will never read past the first sentence, so they're safe here. They'll simply assume it's just "another crooked Republican".
stealing gift cards to buy herself toys
what IS it with these minor potentates?
Don’t know the whole story but based on the account linked, the prosecutor should be ashamed of himself for wasting the court’s time and money on this BS. And I don’t give a rat’s patoot if she is a Democrat.
Black female Democrat.
Her re-election is all but assured, no corruption here, move along, nothing to see.
No! I don’t believe it!
“Don’t know the whole story but based on the account linked, the prosecutor should be ashamed of himself for wasting the court’s time and money on this BS.”
She was receiving bribes from people seeking preferential treatment from the city government, and, to make matters worse, the gift cards she received and used were meant to be distributed to needy families. You don’t think the facts set forth below merit prosecution?
“Among other charges, the indictment says Dixon received gifts including travel and lodging, and used gift cards intended to be given to needy families at Christmas time to purchase items for herself including a fur coat.
The indictment says Dixon received gift cards to the Best Buy and Target department stores from two unnamed real estate developers. The Baltimore Sun newspaper reported that one of the developers was Ronald Lipscomb, her former boyfriend, who was indicted on Wednesday on charges of bribery.
In December 2005, one of the developers gave her 20 cards, of which Dixon used 19 to buy a camcorder, a Sony PlayStation 2 and other electronic devices “for her personal benefit,” the indictment says.
A year later, she received more gift cards for distribution to needy families but used them to buy more electronics, clothes and other items for herself, the indictment says.
Dixon has been the target of a three-year investigation by Rohrbaugh focusing on allegations that she used her office to give valuable contracts to favored individuals, the newspaper said.
The indictment of Lipscomb accuses him of paying $12,500 to an unnamed third party on behalf of Helen Holton, a member of Baltimore City Council, who was herself accused of bribery, perjury and malfeasance by the same grand jury.
Lipscomb, a partner in a number of real estate development projects in Baltimore during 2007, was seeking city tax incentives for one of the projects in which he was a partner, the indictment alleges.”
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