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Four members of the Toledo City Council have been accused of accepting bribes for votes while in office, according to court documents. At least three of those council members have been placed into federal custody. 13abc crews were on the scene as council members Larry Sykes and Yvonne Harper were placed into custody. Federal documents also implicate council members Gary Johnson and Tyrone Riley.
At least three of those council members have been placed into federal custody. 13abc crews were on the scene as council members Larry Sykes and Yvonne Harper were placed into custody. Federal documents also implicate council members Gary Johnson and Tyrone Riley.
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According to a criminal complaint filed with the U.S. District Court, Councilman Sykes faces complaints of “Reciept of Bribe by Agent of Organization Receiving Federal Funds” and “Hobbs Act Extortion Under Color of Official Right.” In the affidavit filed along with the complaint, council members Harper, Riley, and Jonson are also named as subjects.
Photo: At least three of those council members have been placed into federal custody. 13abc crews were on the scene as council members Larry Sykes and Yvonne Harper were placed into custody. Federal documents also implicate council members Gary Johnson and Tyrone Riley.
Federal agents charge four Toledo city council members in bribery probe
By: Allison Dunn and Sarah Elms, The Blade, Jul 1, 2020:
The FBI has arrested multiple Toledo city council members accused of taking cash in exchange for votes during what is described in court records as a years-long, sweeping bribery scandal involving some of the city’s highest elected officials.
City council members Tyrone Riley, Yvonne Harper, Larry Sykes, and Gary Johnson are all charged in federal court with accepting bribe payments for official acts and extortion, according to criminal complaints filed Tuesday. Keith Mitchell, an attorney who is accused of funneling bribes to Ms. Harper, also faces bribery and extortion charges. Ms. Harper is charged as well with interstate communications with intent to extort.
READ: Federal council complaint
Toledo city council member Yvonne Harper, shown leaving the U.S. District Courthouse Tuesday, is one of four on city council charged with accepting bribe payments for official acts and extortion.
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The city’s woundFBI Special Agent Eric Smith in a Tuesday afternoon news conference said the councilmen were arrested without incident earlier in the day, while authorities are “actively seeking the whereabouts of Keith Mitchell.”
He said the councilmen committed a “fundamental breach” of the oath they took upon taking office, and violated the public’s trust for their own personal gain. The maximum prison sentence for bribery is 10 years, while the maximum for the extortion charge is 20.
Ms. Harper could face an additional two years in prison for the additional charge.
Details in the complaint suggest up to $34,260 changed hands between business owners, the councilmen, and Mr. Mitchell during the course of the investigation.
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The Blade“The residents of Toledo should know, as should every other resident of the Northern District of Ohio, that where there are allegations of public corruption and kickbacks, we and our federal partners will be there every time,” U.S. Attorney Justin Herdman said in a statement.
The four council members appeared before Magistrate Judge James Knepp II by video conference in U.S. District Court in Toledo on Tuesday afternoon.
U.S. Assistant Attorney Michael Freeman said the government did not seek detention for any of the defendants. Each councilman was released on a $50,000 unsecured bond, meaning if they fail to appear in court, they owe the government that much money. Additionally, they were barred from out-of-state travel and from having contact with co-defendants, victims, and witnesses.
There was no answer at the Grand Avenue home listed for Keith Mitchell, an attorney, in Toledo on Tuesday. The FBI has taken multiple city councilmen in custody in a bribery case.Read the whole thing here.
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31 Comments
3 years ago
Remember, according to democRAT leadership, there is no voter fraud.
3 years ago
For those too young to remember, in the post-MLK 70s, we were lectured about racism. There was a big push to elect black politicians to replace the racist corrupt white ones.
Today, most American cities are not only run by Leftists but many of the city officials are black. There is no shortage of black political representation.
What have we learned from this? Shifting from white to black leadership has worsened black on black crime and corruption is out of control. Apparently, black drug dealers, murderers and pimp don’t really care what color their Mayor is. Bizniss is bizniss. Dig?
3 years ago
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Worsethanitlooks
Detroit, once one of the wealthiest cities in the country, has not had a Republican mayor since 1961. Jerry Cavanagh, 33, was elected and promised minorities everything. Black unemployment was reported as being the lowest it had ever been when the 1967 riot broke out. The Detroit News reported a few years ago that the area of Detroit where the old Packard Plant is located is the murder capital of Detroit. What irony. That plant at its peak had 80 skilled trades. These people, who not only built great cars, but built the Merlyn engine for the P-51 Mustang, that helped win WW2. Driving on I-94 I had to get off on the service drive. The best description of had would have been middle class in 1950 is “A third world country without the goats.” While the Democrats enrich themselves they must keep their voting base poor, immoral and primitive. If Donald Trump is not re-elected say good bye to America.
I don’t blame only the Democrats, but the establishment Republicans and the CHURCHES. I see a lot of pastors, who are not worth a bucket full of holes. Donald Trump was the first person I heard say anything about the Johnson Amendment. I had long wondered what could be done, but to hear him speak about it amazed me. Too many pastors have been serving Mammon rather than lose their tax exemption.
3 years ago
Reply to
Rusty
The standard Leftist rationalization for the rise in black crime in urban America is to pin it on de-industrialization. That’s the BIG LIE. The riots in 67 which triggered the decline of Detroit happened years before de-industrialization of the Rust Belt. It ignores the catastrophic impact of the War on Poverty which destroyed black family life and condemned most urban black neighborhoods to generations of poverty, crime and misery. There was never any heavy industry employing blacks in Watts LA or East New York, Brooklyn. These communities deteriorated due to horrible govt policies that created permanent dependence on welfare, horrible public schools, and a culture of crime. Everything Leftists touch gets worse. It’s still happening.
What no one talks about is that the main reason BLM is pushing to defund police is not because they really care about police brutality. Their real intention is to make it easier for black criminal enterprises within the inner city to operate without fear of arrest or prosecution. Black crime has become deeply embedded in the community. Too many people depend upon it for their livelihood. This has been going on for a long time.
3 years ago
Reply to
Worsethanitlooks
I’m not that awfully concerned about black-on-black crime. I am concerned about black-on-East Asian (85% of all violent crime, in the SF Bay area is black-on-East Asian)
And, I am very concerned about the statistics that show that THIRTEEN whites are murdered by blacks for every ONE black murdered by whites … and the WILDLY out of proportion of black-on-white VIOLENT crime.
The second chart represents interracial violent crime, during the obimbo administration. the third is during, for the most part, the current administration. Notice how white-on-black violent crime dramatically decreased. The same can NOT be said about black-on-white.
3 years ago
Ten and Twenty years need to be doubled before they face court and tired of courts not enforcing full term.
corruption in politics needs to be stamped out, so to limit the corruption
3 years ago
SCREAM RACISM !! ……. IF CHARGES ARE NOT DROPPED ……… SCREAM LOUDER !!!
3 years ago
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AR154U☑ᵀʳᵘᵐᵖ DEPLORABLE 2020
Ghislaine Maxwell arrested. Finally, Barr does something on the Epstein case.
Indictment pdf here:
https://media.washtimes.com/media/misc/2020/07/02/U.S._v._Ghislaine_Maxwell_Indictment.pdf
These things contribute to the riots, because Soros, Hillary, Bill Clinton, Bill Gates, Zucker at CNN, and half the Democrat establishment are dirty, and working hard to keep Trump from prosecuting them. Indictment summary here:
3 years ago
Reply to
DemocracyRules
“Maxwell was arrested by the FBI in New Hampshire and immediately charged by federal prosecutors, leaving open the possibility that damning new details about Epstein’s global sex trafficking pedophile network could be exposed.”
Ghislaine Maxwell was arrested just 11 Days After Geoffrey Berman was fired. He was accused of ‘slow-walking’ the investigation. And just now, Dems are calling for Barr’s impeachment.
3 years ago
Reply to
DemocracyRules
What about Bill Clinton and his hanging out with Epstein?
What about Hillary Clinton’s CRIMES that go back nearly FOUR FREAKIN YEARS? Will anything ever happen there?
What a joke A.G. Barr is as well as the FBI and DOJ as they cherry pick justice.
3 years ago
Reply to
felix1999
A certain “John Roberts” is also listed on a Lolita Express flight log. Could be the head of SCOTUS. That would explain a lot.
3 years ago
Reply to
DemocracyRules
I always said they had something on Roberts after his Obamacare vote. Now I know what it is.
3 years ago
Reply to
Scott Kennedy
Yes, and it is becoming more clear about why Epstein was so useful to the Democrats. Everyone in the pedophile ‘club’ was/is dirty, and anyone could rat on anyone else. In this way, everyone controlled everyone else, and it has become a secret society. And as pedophile sex addicts, the behavior is ongoing, in different venues, with different leaders.
3 years ago
Reply to
DemocracyRules
This goes a lot deeper than just politicians. Media talking heads, broadcast executives, CEO’s and Hollywood types are also involved. Huge cover up.
3 years ago
Reply to
DemocracyRules
Most definitely and why only squeaky clean Patriots must run in primaties and then stay away from DC –
“insider get togethers”.
Don’t even get the smell of these vampires on them by entrapment for being there to be used against them = just like momma warned –
“Don’t go to those kind of peoples invitations” –
Or get drugged with a drink not even know it then a well paid scantilly clad very young girl put in your arms with lots of pics before you wake up with your pants OFF then threatened to show your wife, family, hometown, district and CNN etc…!
Who’s gonna believe you?…and yes Dems would do this…!
3 years ago
Reply to
Scott Kennedy
Yup ~ that was immediately clear to all Patriot thinkers that cared about truth + what’s right.
He had to have been blackmailed or so gutless as to refuse to stand on the Constitutional merit for a high schooler of 50yrs ago would know Obamacare was waaay out there…!
3 years ago
Reply to
DemocracyRules
Then according to the Constitution Roberts should be impeached…!
3 years ago
Reply to
AR154U☑ᵀʳᵘᵐᵖ DEPLORABLE 2020
Ghislaine Maxwell arrested. Finally, Barr does something on the Epstein case.
Indictment pdf here:
https://media.washtimes.com/media/misc/2020/07/02/U.S._v._Ghislaine_Maxwell_Indictment.pdf
These things contribute to the riots, because Soros, Hillary, Bill Clinton, Bill Gates, Zucker at CNN, and half the Democrat establishment are dirty, and working hard to keep Trump from prosecuting them. Indictment summary here:
3 years ago
Reply to
DemocracyRules
Whoopie Doo…..Will she “suicide” in confinement because it is now known she will be in the same facility as Epstein? Quoting the Indictment is nonsense. Indictments mean ZERO. If you even understand in the slightest Indictments are a joke. Why? Ever hear of prosecutorial latitude? Ever here of a Jury Trial? Ever hear of Appeals Court?
3 years ago
Reply to
Steve
Steve, yeah I know. But the indictment is at least a starting point. It shows what the feds are accusing her of at the moment. I like source documents.
3 years ago
Reply to
DemocracyRules
Yeah HOPE still remains tho will still be a shocker if heads really roll esp in numbers of big names.
This would go down in the history books…if WE get to write them under a nonending Conservative controlled DC into past 2050…!!!
3 years ago
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AR154U☑ᵀʳᵘᵐᵖ DEPLORABLE 2020
Yup very pathetic planned social disruptions paid by $oros(D).
3 years ago
Dog faced pony soldiers just getting their reparations.
3 years ago
It’s great that they busted these low level democraps. But, I’m certain that, if anyone had the stones to investigate, many of Washington’s elite politicians could go down in flames. They don’t become millionaires on their congressional salary. And, I haven’t heard of any of them hitting on the lottery.
3 years ago
OH yes POC. Now how could that be?
3 years ago
BFD. What is the Fecal Bureau of Islamisation doing about honor killings and the suspension of constitutional freedoms in Dearbornistan, Michigan?
3 years ago
Lay it all on the laps of Democ-Rat’s and their crooked, lying policies.
