The mayor of North Carolina's largest city resigned on Wednesday after his arrest on public corruption charges.
U.S. Attorney Anne Tompkins said Wednesday that Charlotte Mayor Patrick Cannon is facing theft and bribery charges.
Tompkins says Cannon solicited and accepted bribes from undercover FBI agents posing as real estate developers who wanted to do business in Charlotte. According to the criminal complaint, Cannon is accused of accepting bribes from the agents on five separate occasions. On the most recent occasion, on February 21,2014, Cannon allegedly accepted $20,000 in cash in the mayor's office.
He is also accused of accepting from the undercover agents over $48,000 in cash, airline tickets, a hotel room, and use of a luxury apartment between January 2013 and February 2014 in exchange for the use of his official position.
A city spokesman says Charlotte Mayor Patrick Cannon resigned effective immediately just hours after he was charged. Keith Richardson said Cannon submitted his letter Wednesday to the city manager and attorney.
Cannon says in the letter that the pending charges will create too much of a distraction for the business of the city to go forward.
If convicted on all the charges, he faces 20 years in prison and more than $1 million in fines.
Charlotte mayor resigns after 115 days in office
Charlotte mayor resigns after 115 days in office
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Re: Charlotte, 115 days in office
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Is he a donk?
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What do you think?grizzaholic wrote:Is he a donk?
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ASUG8 wrote:http://www.cbsnews.com/news/charlotte-m ... n-charges/
The mayor of North Carolina's largest city resigned on Wednesday after his arrest on public corruption charges.
U.S. Attorney Anne Tompkins said Wednesday that Charlotte Mayor Patrick Cannon is facing theft and bribery charges.
Tompkins says Cannon solicited and accepted bribes from undercover FBI agents posing as real estate developers who wanted to do business in Charlotte. According to the criminal complaint, Cannon is accused of accepting bribes from the agents on five separate occasions. On the most recent occasion, on February 21,2014, Cannon allegedly accepted $20,000 in cash in the mayor's office.
He is also accused of accepting from the undercover agents over $48,000 in cash, airline tickets, a hotel room, and use of a luxury apartment between January 2013 and February 2014 in exchange for the use of his official position.
A city spokesman says Charlotte Mayor Patrick Cannon resigned effective immediately just hours after he was charged. Keith Richardson said Cannon submitted his letter Wednesday to the city manager and attorney.
Cannon says in the letter that the pending charges will create too much of a distraction for the business of the city to go forward.
If convicted on all the charges, he faces 20 years in prison and more than $1 million in fines.
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Re: Charlotte mayor, 115 days in office
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Nobandl wrote:Thisbandl wrote:Thread fail. After 9+ hours with no replies, a thread should be deleted and the user who created the thread should be banned for 1 week.
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Is it raining there? Is that why you're not mowing?bandl wrote:Thisbandl wrote:Thread fail. After 9+ hours with no replies, a thread should be deleted and the user who created the thread should be banned for 1 week.
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I think the agreed upon number was 10 hours. We were 1 minute away...bandl wrote:Thread fail. After 9+ hours with no replies, a thread should be deleted and the user who created the thread should be banned for 1 week.
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I should have added "Catholic" or "Vatican" to the title to ensure that it would be replied to within seconds.BlueHen86 wrote:I think the agreed upon number was 10 hours. We were 1 minute away...bandl wrote:Thread fail. After 9+ hours with no replies, a thread should be deleted and the user who created the thread should be banned for 1 week.
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Or "Citizens United."ASUG8 wrote:I should have added "Catholic" or "Vatican" to the title to ensure that it would be replied to within seconds.BlueHen86 wrote:
I think the agreed upon number was 10 hours. We were 1 minute away...
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Re: Charlotte mayor resigns after 115 days in office
G8...hilarious sig
"What I'm saying is: You might have taken care of your wolf problem, but everyone around town is going to think of you as the crazy son of a bitch who bought land mines to get rid of wolves."
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grizzaholic wrote:G8...hilarious sig
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Nobody cares what a glorified Mexican has to say...........bandl wrote:Thread fail. After 9+ hours with no replies, a thread should be deleted and the user who created the thread should be banned for 1 week.
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Re: Charlotte, 115 days in office
Yeah, suck it SDHORNET!ALPHAGRIZ1 wrote:Nobody cares what a glorified Mexican has to say...........bandl wrote:Thread fail. After 9+ hours with no replies, a thread should be deleted and the user who created the thread should be banned for 1 week.
But he hasn't even posted on this thread, so I'm confused.