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Charlotte Mayor Patrick Cannon arrested, faces corruption charges
CBS News/AP ^
| March 26, 2014
| CBS News/AP
Posted on 03/26/2014 3:44:08 PM PDT by mdittmar
CHARLOTTE, N.C. -- The mayor of North Carolina's largest city has been arrested on public corruption charges.
U.S. Attorney Anne Tompkins said Wednesday that Charlotte Mayor Patrick Cannon is facing theft and bribery charges.
Tompkins says Cannon solicited and accepted bribes from undercover FBI agents posing as real estate developers who wanted to do business in Charlotte. According to the criminal complaint, Cannon is accused of accepting bribes from the agents on five separate occasions. On the most recent occasion, on February 21,2014, Cannon allegedly accepted $20,000 in cash in the mayor's office.
He's also accused of accepting from the undercover agents over $48,000 in cash, airline tickets, a hotel room, and use of a luxury apartment between January 2013 and February 2014 in exchange for the use of his official position.
If convicted on all the charges, he faces 20 years in prison and more than $1 million in fines.
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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; News/Current Events; US: North Carolina
KEYWORDS: 4ththread; alreadyposted; anthonyfoxx; fbi; northcarolina; patrickcannon
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Didn't see the word Democrat in the article,maybe I missed it.
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posted on
03/26/2014 3:44:08 PM PDT
by
mdittmar
To: mdittmar
It is the dog that doesn’t bark.
To: mdittmar
Didn't see the word Democrat in the article,maybe I missed it. No but they sure did have Republican in the article for the governor as if to imply birds of a feather ... I also wonder if the reporter has been chastised for implying the mayor is black since he attended a black university?
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posted on
03/26/2014 3:52:31 PM PDT
by
ProudFossil
(" I never did give anyone hell. I just told the truth and they thought it was hell." Harry Truman)
To: mdittmar
I wonder how many corruption an treason charges the Onewould have if they tallied it all up
To: mdittmar
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posted on
03/26/2014 3:54:46 PM PDT
by
SWAMPSNIPER
(The Second Amendment, a Matter of Fact, Not a Matter of Opinion)
To: Vince Ferrer
No mention of political affiliation on NBC, either. Not terribly surprising.
But, not a problem. It’s become as obvious to everyone as news stories involving “gangs of youths”...the news media is at this point embarrassing itself, if, indeed, it can be embarrassed.
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posted on
03/26/2014 3:55:21 PM PDT
by
The Antiyuppie
("When small men cast long shadows, then it is very late in the day.")
To: mdittmar
By my count, 23 paragraphs without mentioning his (Democratic) political affiliation. I think that’s a new record. Yet they somehow squeezed in the Republican governor’s party affiliation.
To: mdittmar
We'll have to play "Guess What Party" as it's not mentioned on the article.
First hint is a photo:
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posted on
03/26/2014 3:59:21 PM PDT
by
capydick
(''Life's tough.......it's even tougher if you're stupid.'')
To: mdittmar
DemBro...one of Eric’s folks
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posted on
03/26/2014 4:00:27 PM PDT
by
Adder
(No, Mr. Franklin, we could NOT keep it.)
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posted on
03/26/2014 4:06:29 PM PDT
by
deport
To: Adder
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posted on
03/26/2014 4:08:56 PM PDT
by
JusPasenThru
(Posting here = IRS audit.)
To: mdittmar
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posted on
03/26/2014 4:22:46 PM PDT
by
ConservativeInPA
(We need to fundamentally transform RATs lives for their lies.)
To: capydick
He’s a democrat, his biggest opponent in the election was another democrat named Smuggie. I thought we lucked out and got the lesser of two evils.
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posted on
03/26/2014 4:24:00 PM PDT
by
bigtoona
To: deport
I hope every article printed that doesn’t mention the crook Democrat Patrick Cannon’s party affiliation gets posted.
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posted on
03/26/2014 4:37:50 PM PDT
by
VeniVidiVici
(Play the 'Knockout Game' with someone owning a 9mm and you get what you deserve)
To: deport
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posted on
03/26/2014 4:40:09 PM PDT
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deport
To: deport
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posted on
03/26/2014 4:48:51 PM PDT
by
deport
To: mdittmar
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posted on
03/26/2014 4:52:36 PM PDT
by
Celtic Conservative
(tease not the dragon for thou art crunchy when roasted and taste good with ketchup)
To: deport
Interesting article with some details of the activities which led to the arrest.
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posted on
03/26/2014 4:54:41 PM PDT
by
deport
To: mdittmar
CBS was too busy kissing democrat butt to notice the guy was a democrat... I'm sooooooo surprised they ‘missed’ that little piece of information.../s
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posted on
03/26/2014 5:08:45 PM PDT
by
GOPJ
(NASA: N othing A bout S pace A nymore - - FreperClearCase_guy)
To: mdittmar
Then again all of us knew he was a democrat BECAUSE it was missing from the story...
We ‘get’ the biased haters AND their ways...
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03/26/2014 5:10:18 PM PDT
by
GOPJ
(NASA: N othing A bout S pace A nymore - - FreperClearCase_guy)
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