Wednesday, January 30, 2013
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 …
Wednesday, January 16, 2013
Anne Arundel County Executive John Leopold faces four counts of misconduct in office.
Opening statements in the trial of Anne Arundel County Executive John Leopold—who is accused of tasking county police officers with his personal and political errands—could start as early as Thursday afternoon. Maryland State Prosecutor Emmet Davitt said the jury would be seated on Thursday, but he was not sure whether enough time would be left for pretrial motions and opening statements. It will depend on how quickly Anne Arundel County Circuit Court Judge Dennis Sweeney can seat 12 jurors and four alternates. Leopold, a Pasadena Republican, faces a five-dcount indictment handed down by a grand jury in March that included four counts of misconduct in office and one count of fraudulent misappropriation by a fiduciary. It alleges that …
Jury selection begins on Wednesday for the trial of John Leopold, who faces a five-count indictment.
Jury selection begins Wednesday in Anne Arundel Circuit Court in Annapolis in the trial of Anne Arundel County Executive John Leopold. The Pasadena Republican faces four counts of misconduct in office and one count of fraudulent misappropriation by a fiduciary, stemming from a grand jury indictment in March 2012. The grand jury indictment accused Leopold of using county police officers assigned to him for a security detail for a range of inappropriate tasks, including driving him to various locations for sexual liaisons with a county employee, keeping his live-in girlfriend in the dark about his mistress, compiling information on political opponents and driving him around the county to remove his opponent's campaign signs during the 2010 …
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 ›