FORMER BALTIMORE MAYOR CATHERINE PUGH PLEADS GUILTY TO PERJURY Maryland State Prosecutor Charlton Howard announced today that former Baltimore Mayor Catherine E. Pugh pleaded guilty in the Circuit Court of Anne Arundel County to a charge of perjury for her failure to disclose her business interest in Healthy Holly, LLC, on her financial disclosures Read the Rest…
STATEMENT OF FACTS Stewart Cumbo is a former Metropolitan and Maryland State Police Officer and he is currently a member of the City Council for the Town of Chesapeake Beach, Maryland located in Calvert County, Maryland and has been active in Chesapeake Beach politics for a number of years. On October 24, 2018, Detectives from Read the Rest…
STATEMENT OF FACTS On or about October 2, 2018, Jake Burdett (“Defendant”) along with a members of an organization called Maryland Marijuana Justice (“MDMJ”) arrived at the Salisbury Office of Congressman Andy Harris requesting a meeting with Congressman Harris. The group did not have an appointment but Bill Reddish, Congressman Harris’s Community Liaison offered to Read the Rest…
STATEMENT OF FACTS – Floyd Briscoe Wright Floyd Briscoe Wright (“Wright), DOB 10/28/1952, prepared taxes in the State of Maryland through his business, Briscoe & Associates, LLC, for many years including 2014, 2015 and 2016. After receiving a complaint about Wright’s services, the Comptroller of the State of Maryland conducted an audit on twenty Read the Rest…
RONALD CHESEK, STATEMENT OF FACTS IN SUPPORT OF THE GUILTY PLEA Beginning on February 16, 1993, the Defendant, Ronald I. Chesek (hereinafter “Defendant”), served as Treasurer for the “Friends of Joseph J. Minnick” campaign committee. In this role, Mr. Chesek was responsible for all funds belonging to the campaign, including maintaining the bank account and filing campaign Read the Rest…
Statement of Facts for Roger Harris 03–K-18-001655 Pursuant to a Pre-Indictment Plea, the following are the facts in support of the plea for State of Maryland v. Roger Harris 03-K-18-001655: Roger L. Harris, Jr. (“Harris”) was admitted to the Maryland Bar on June 25, 1997. Harris initially practiced law as an Assistant State’s Attorney Read the Rest…
STATEMENT OF FACTS IN SUPPORT OF GUILTY PLEA The Defendant, Rebecca D. Drew, served as the duly elected Register of Wills for Allegany County from August of 2006 until her resignation on August 15, 2017. In January of 2017, the Office of the Attorney General forwarded a referral received from the Maryland Comptroller’s Office concerning Read the Rest…
For Immediate Release Shaun Dallas Dance, Former Superintendent of the Baltimore County Public Schools, Pleads Guilty to Four Counts of Perjury State Prosecutor Emmet C. Davitt announced today that Shaun Dallas Dance, former Superintendent of the Baltimore County Public Schools, pleaded guilty in front of the Honorable Kathleen G. Cox of the Circuit Court for Baltimore Read the Rest…
Statement of Facts for Leslie Lewis Indictment # 117075031 On August 9, 2011, Leslie Lewis was appointed as the Principal of Baltimore Community High School (“BCHS”) with a starting base salary of $106,670.00. When initially appointed as Principal, BCHS was operated by One Bright Ray, Inc., a charter school, which decided in the spring of Read the Rest…
Statement of Facts for Leslie Lewis Indictment # 117075030 On August 9, 2011, Leslie Lewis was appointed as the Principal of Baltimore Community High School (“BCHS”), with a starting base salary of $106,670.00. When initially appointed as Principal, BCHS was operated by One Bright Ray, Inc., a charter school, which decided in the spring of Read the Rest…
