Wednesday, July 29, 2009

Baltimore Mayor Indicted Again in City Hall Probe

The Baltimore Sun reports:
A Baltimore grand jury handed up two new indictments against Mayor Sheila Dixon -- the first accusing her of three counts of theft, three counts of misappropriation and one count of misconduct in office, and the second indictment charging her with two counts of perjury.

State Prosecutor Robert A. Rohrbaugh said in a press release that he intends to dismiss the original indictment that he obtained in January, which initially charged the mayor with 12 criminal counts. Five of those were dismissed.

Rohrbaugh declined to comment this afternoon on the new charges.

The two new indictments were obtained after Dixon's former boyfriend, Ronald H. Lipscomb, agreed to cooperate with the state and provide new details about Dixon.
Can you name which political party the Baltimore Mayor belongs to?