Monday, April 16, 2012
A federal judge sentence James Edward Johnson to 37 months in prison for his involvement in the Prince George's County corruption scandal that took down former County Executive Jack Johnson.
The former director of the county's housing department was sentenced to 37 months in prison Monday in a Greenbelt federal courthouse for his role in a pay-to-play scandal in Prince George's County, according to a press release issued by the U.S. Department of Justice. James Edward Johnson, 67, of Temple Hills, served as the director of the county's Department of Housing and Community Development starting in September 2009. He pleaded guilty to conspiring to commit extortion during his time as director through October 2010. In his role, Johnson decided which developers would receive federal grant money from within the HOME Investment Partnerships program to “fund the construction, purchase and/or rehabilitation of affordable housing for …
Friday, December 9, 2011
Former Prince George's County councilwoman Leslie Johnson received jail time for her role in her husband's political corruption case.
Update, 12:45 p.m.: Leslie Johnson sentenced to 12 months for evidence tampering in corruption investigation involving husband Jack Johnson. -- WTOP Read more in The Washington Post. Update, 12:30 p.m.: Leslie Johnson asks court for probation so she can earn the "community's forgiveness through service." -- WTOP tweet. Update, 12:14 p.m.: From WUSA9: "'I'm extremely sorry for my actions in Nov and to the constituents who elected me to represent them in PG County," said Leslie Johnson.'" Update, 12:04 p.m.: Leslie Johnson will take the stand after a 10-minute break, WUSA9 tweets. Johnson's defense claims that she didn't know it was the FBI who came to her door back in November 2010. The defense also claims she didn't know where the cash in …
Tuesday, December 6, 2011
Johnson is sentenced to seven years and three months in jail, plus three years supervised release.
Former Prince George’s County Executive Jack B. Johnson was sentenced Tuesday to serve seven years and three months in a North Carolina federal prison, ending a sensitive chapter in the county’s long political history. With his sentence, Johnson also received three years of supervised release and must also pay a $100,000 fine, $37,000 of which is due before he goes to the Butner Federal Correctional Complex on Feb. 3. In jail, Johnson must go through an alcohol treatment program. “In my wildest dream, I could not imagine being in a place like this," Johnson said before his sentence at U.S. District Court in Greenbelt. "I've lost everything — my reputation, everything I've worked so hard for." During Tuesday’s sentencing, attorneys for …
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…
The former county executive faces sentencing Tuesday morning for years of bribery scheming.
It was a Friday in November 2010 when Prince George’s County was shaken by the arrest of sitting County Executive Jack B. Johnson. He and his wife were charged in federal court for tampering with evidence and attempting to destroy a bribe check. That was the tip of the iceberg. Johnson faces sentencing Tuesday morning for orchestrating a years-long pay-to-play scheme throughout his two terms in office. Johnson accepted up to $1 million in kickbacks from developers and others in the county to whom he delivered favors, as detailed in the sentencing document by federal prosecutors. Johnson faces as many as 14 years in prison, according to The Washington Post. His crimes are worthy of substantial prison time, according to federal prosecutors. …
Tuesday, June 28, 2011
Sinisa Simic faces 10 years in prison after pleading guilty in federal court Tuesday to cocaine trafficking, extortion and other offenses.
Former Prince George’s County Police Officer Sinisa Simic faces 10 years in prison after pleading guilty in federal court Tuesday to cocaine trafficking, extortion and other offenses, according to The Washington Post. Simic, 25, and Mirza Kunjundzic, 30, were indicted in March on new charges of conspiring to commit extortion. They had been indicted in October on drug and gun charges. Between September and December 2009, Simic and Kunjundzic allegedly conspired to pay police officers to help transport untaxed cigarettes in Maryland and Virginia. The two also participated in the distribution of cocaine, an indictment said. In addition to the cocaine trafficking and extortion charges, Simic, 27, pleaded guilty in U.S. District Court in …
Donna Cabrera
11:43 am on Friday, April 20, 2012
@ Tea L - I don't think anyone is going to try to change the law about their retirement - because most of them are crooked and cannot get another job and this county government job is so well paid and they just take and take. . . .No one saved my money when I lost it in the 401K flop several years ago !!!! Just too bad for me. more ›