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Related: About this forumThe FBI arrested Charlotte Mayor Patrick Cannon on corruption charges about an hour ago
Charlotte Mayor Patrick Cannon was arrested Wednesday on public corruption charges after a four-year investigation, the U.S. Attorneys Office in Charlotte announced.
Cannon was charged with theft and bribery after an FBI sting operation, said Anne Tompkins, U.S. attorney for the Western District of North Carolina. He was released on an undisclosed bond, pending indictment.
Authorities said Cannon took bribes from undercover FBI agents five times the most recent on Feb. 21 when he took $20,000 in cash in the mayors office and a trip to Las Vegas.
Cannon is the longest-serving elected official in Charlotte, having joined the Charlotte City Council in 1993. He is the regions highest-ranking official to be charged in a corruption case since former N.C. House speaker Jim Black of Matthews was convicted in 2007.
Read more here: http://www.charlotteobserver.com/2014/03/26/4795861/charlotte-mayor-patrick-cannon.html#.UzMqJfm-2dl#storylink=cpy
God dammnit to hell!!
grasswire
(50,130 posts)someone here says this widespread sting was set up by Robert Mueller before he left the FBI.
octoberlib
(14,971 posts)been investigating him for 4 years. Why wait until a couple months after he's elected to arrest him?
Triana
(22,666 posts)around the country right now.
VERY intereSTINK.
octoberlib
(14,971 posts)Jeff A. Taylor @TheFree_Lance 41m
Read a ton of federal corruption indictments over the yrs. This one is gleeful. Feds coulda pulled the trigger long ago. #ncpol