Monday, December 5, 2011
Check out some of the reporting outlets who wrote about the former county executive and his wife, former county councilwoman Leslie Johnson.
Ever since Metro area news outlets broke the story over a year ago about a corruption case involving former Prince George’s County Executive Jack B. Johnson, a number of other reports concerning Johnson, his wife and other co-conspirators have poured out. Readers can find information on the scandal—some tongue-in-cheek, some serious—about Johnson and his wife, former county councilwoman, Leslie Johnson, who both will be sentenced this week for their roles in a federal case that rocked the county. Jack Johnson said prosecutors wanted to put minorities in jail in this video released by the U.S. Attorney’s office and reported in The Washington Post. This surveillance video shows Johnson allegedly taking a $1,500 bribe from a Laurel physician…
Thursday, June 30, 2011
After being arrested in November 2010, Prince George’s County Executive Jack B. Johnson pleaded guilty at the federal courthouse in Greenbelt earlier this year. Today, his wife Leslie Johnson also pleaded guilty for her role in the case.
The following is a brief timeline of events leading up to former Prince George’s County Executive Jack B. Johnson’s and his wife Leslie Johnson's appearances and guilty pleas at the federal courthouse in Greenbelt. Johnson and his wife Councilwoman Leslie E. Johnson have been embroiled in controversy over charges of bribery and extortion since their arrest in late 2010. Earlier this year the former county executive pleaded guilty to one count of extortion and one count of evidence tampering. Leslie Johnson entered a guilt plea June 30. This information is based on court documents and statements from prosecutors and the Johnsons. Nov. 12, 2010: Former Prince George’s County Executive Jack B. Johnson and his wife Leslie were arrested and …
The councilwoman pleaded guilty in U.S. District Court to one count of conspiracy to commit evidence and witness tampering.
In November, Prince George’s County Councilwoman Leslie E. Johnson could be heard on a federal wiretap asking her husband — then-County Executive Jack B. Johnson — what to do about a $100,000 check from a developer and $79,600 in cash hidden in their Mitchellville home. “You want me to take the cash out of here, too?” Leslie Johnson asked Jack on the telephone, as federal agents rapped on the door to execute a search warrant. “ … And then where’s the check?” she continued. “You got the cash?” Jack Johnson responded. “Okay … put it in your bra or something like that.” On Thursday morning, Leslie Johnson pleaded guilty in U.S. District Court to one count of conspiracy to commit evidence and witness tampering, one month after her husband …
Prince George's County District 6 Councilwoman, Leslie Johnson, plead guilty today conspiracy to commit evidence and witness tampering at the Greenbelt District Courthouse.
Prince George's County Councilwoman Leslie Johnson (Dist. 6) addressed media outside the U.S. Courthouse in Greenbelt after agreeing to a plea bargain on one count of witness and evidence tampering.
County Executive says it's in the best interest of Prince George's County that Johnson resigns.
Update, 4:45 p.m.: In a press release, Prince George's County Executive Rushern Baker, III called for County Councilwoman Leslie Johnson (Dist. 6) to step down, saying that it is in the best interest of the county. "It is my opinion that if Ms. Johnson resigned, the Prince George’s County Council’s summer recess could be utilized to prepare for the inevitable special election thus allowing the residents of the 6th District more immediate representation while minimizing the time that the seat would remain vacant," Baker said in the release. Update, 1:31 a.m.: U.S. Attorney Rod Rosenstein said County Councilwoman Leslie Johnson (Dist. 6) doesn't legally have to step down and that the federal government doesn't have the power to ask her to. "…
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3:39 pm on Thursday, July 7, 2011
And we get to pay her salary until she is sentenced in OCTOBER?!?! What the heck!?!? She's convicted NOW, she should be terminated NOW! This just goes to show that she is, in fact, an all-around bad person. I mean, who would keep drawing a salary from the taxpayers after this? What a piece of trash. more ›