Baltimore mayor defiant after plea, resignation
(AP) — Baltimore Mayor Sheila Dixon is refusing to back down from her claims that she was forced from office.
Dixon is resigning under a plea deal that will keep her out of prison. She was convicted in December of misdemeanor embezzlement and entered an Alford plea to charge of perjury on Wednesday.
Dixon tells The Associated Press on Thursday that the earlier conviction was not accurate and that jurors were confused.
She says she takes responsibility for failing to disclose gifts from her ex-boyfriend, a developer. That lack of disclosure was the basis of the perjury charges she faced.
Dixon says prosecutors got many details wrong and that Lipscomb didn't give her nearly as much as alleged. She says she has "a lot of enemies" who spread misinformation.
Sarra Sounds Off, Season 3, Ep 4: Top football teams in action, fantasy update and plays of the week Gregg Sarra sounds off on the Nassau Conference II football matchup between Calhoun at Carey, plus the comeback story of New Hyde Park's Gabriel Peter, an update on the high school fantasy football standings and the plays of the week.
Sarra Sounds Off, Season 3, Ep 4: Top football teams in action, fantasy update and plays of the week Gregg Sarra sounds off on the Nassau Conference II football matchup between Calhoun at Carey, plus the comeback story of New Hyde Park's Gabriel Peter, an update on the high school fantasy football standings and the plays of the week.
