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To: tejek who wrote (446421)	1/9/2009 8:20:43 PM
From: longnshort	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1575761

Dems getting indicted all over the place... ------------------------------------------------- Mayor Sheila Dixon indicted Counts of perjury, theft, misconduct in office among 12-count indictment By Annie Linskey and Julie Bykowicz \| annie.linskey@baltsun.com and julie.bykowicz@baltsun.com 4:17 PM EST, January 9, 2009 Baltimore Mayor Sheila A. Dixon was charged today by the state prosecutor in a 12-count indictment, becoming the city's first sitting mayor indicted on criminal offenses. Dixon was charged with four counts of perjury and two counts of theft over $500, as well as theft under $500, fraudulent misappropriation by a fiduciary and misconduct in office. The charges stem in part from gifts she received from former boyfriend and developer Ronald H. Lipscomb, who was also charged earlier this week. Dixon, a Democrat, has been the target of a nearly three-year probe by State Prosecutor Robert A. Rohrbaugh into corruption at City Hall, an investigation that has centered on allegations that Dixon has used her office to award lucrative contracts to various people including her sister, her then-boyfriend and her former campaign chairman... baltimoresun.com