Leopold Opponents Appeased with Guilty Verdict
The Anne Arundel county executive was found guilty on two counts of misconduct in office on Tuesday.
When Anne Arundel County Executive John Leopold was found guilty on two counts of misconduct in office, a number of his former employees and political opponents were watching. "I'm very happy about at least two out of the four counts," Joan Harris said. Harris is a former county employee who, along with Karla Hamner, has filed a discrimination lawsuit against Leopold in U.S. District Court. Judge Dennis Sweeney found Leopold guilty on two of the four counts of misconduct in office brought by the state prosecutor's office. Leopold was also found not guilty on the fifth—and most serious—charge of fraudulent misappropriation by a fiduciary. That count carried a sentence of up to five years in prison. In his decision, Sweeney said Leopold …
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Allen
10:22 am on Wednesday, January 30, 2013
I feel that not only should he lose his job, but should lose all rights to his pension benefits as well as other post employment benefits. If this were any other county employee, they would have been fired over soon after the first allegation was investigated. In being fired, they would have been forced to retain and pay their own attorneys as well as have lost their pension, retiree healthcare, … more ›