Maryland State Prosecutor Charlton T. Howard III announced today that Ivan Gonzalez, a former Baltimore police officer and a 2020 candidate for Baltimore City Mayor, pleaded guilty to perjury. According to the Statement of Facts in support of the plea, Mr. Gonzalez falsely asserted under penalties of perjury on candidacy forms that he met the Read the Rest…
Maryland State Prosecutor Charlton T. Howard announced today that Edward M. Estes, 63, the former Mayor of the City of Glenarden, Maryland, pleaded guilty to a charge of Misconduct in Office. According to the Statement of Facts in support of the plea, in his capacity as Mayor of the City of Glenarden, Mr. Estes had Read the Rest…
Maryland State Prosecutor Charlton Howard announced today that on July 29, 2021, Lora Walters, who formerly served as the Deputy Director of the Cecil County Board of Elections, pleaded guilty to Misconduct in Office. According to the Statement of Facts in support of the plea, in her capacity as the Deputy Director of the Cecil Read the Rest…
Maryland State Prosecutor Charlton T. Howard III announced today that Elizabeth “Betsy” Gardner, who formerly worked in the Baltimore City Council President’s Office as a community liaison has pled guilty to one count of perjury. According to a Statement of Facts read into the record, Ms. Gardner received over $15,000 payments from community organizations from Read the Rest…
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…
