Leslie Johnson

Stuffing Cash In Bra, Flushing Check Down Toilet During Coverup Will Get You A Year In Prison

Ryan J. Reilly | December 9, 2011, 1:25PM

Leslie Johnson, the former Prince George's County council member who stuffed thousands of dollars of cash in her underwear and flushed a check down the toilet as FBI agents knocked on the door to her home, was sentenced to 12 months and one day in prison on Friday.

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Jack B. Johnson

Ex-Prince George's County Executive Jack Johnson Sentenced To Over Seven Years In Bribery Case

Ryan J. Reilly | December 6, 2011, 12:23PM

Former Prince George's County Executive Jack B. Johnson, the Maryland Democrat who told his wife to flush a check down the toilet and stuff thousands of dollars of cash in her bra as FBI agents knocked on the door of their home, was sentenced to 87 months in federal prison on Tuesday. He was also given three years of supervised release and ordered to undergo alcohol counseling and pay a $100,000 fine.

The judge called Johnson's acts "a deliberate march down a long path of kleptocracy." Johnson's lawyers had argued that a long prison term would be a death sentence for Johnson, who is 62.

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Jack Johnson

Feds: Jack Johnson's Glossy 'Legacy' Booklets Highlight 'Hypocrisy And Self-Delusion'

Ryan J. Reilly | November 22, 2011, 3:22PM

Before Jack Johnson left public office in late 2010 -- and prior to his arrest in a massive corruption scandal -- the former Prince George's County Executive had 250,000 glossy booklets printed up with the title "A Legacy: Leadership, Service." Taxpayers paid $226,597 to have them printed. There they are pictured above, sitting in a warehouse.

Now a copy of the booklet is "Attachment A" in a sentencing memo filed on Monday by federal prosecutors, who use Johnson's own quotes in the booklet against him.

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Jack Johnson

AUDIO: Ex-Councilwoman Stuffs Cash In Bra, Flushes Check As FBI Knocks On Door

Ryan J. Reilly | November 15, 2011, 5:52AM

FBI agents arrested former Prince George's County, Maryland Executive (and Golden Duke nominee) Jack B. Johnson and his wife Leslie Johnson over a year ago in a corruption plot involving development deals. Thanks to a federal wiretap, transcripts told us that Jack and Leslie chatted about flushing dirty money down the toilet and stuffing cash in her "panties." Now there's audio.

Ahead of Leslie's sentencing on Dec. 9, federal prosecutors have disclosed tapes of Johnson and Johnson discussing -- as FBI agents knocked on the door of the couple's home -- about where to hide cash they acquired though corrupt relationships with developers.

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Jack B. Johnson

Ex-Pol Admits Telling Wife To Stuff Cash In 'Panties' In Court Docs Showing Bribery Scheme

Ryan J. Reilly | May 18, 2011, 9:00AM

Former Prince George's County (Md.) Executive Jack Johnson had to sign court documents admitting he told his wife to take cash and "stuff it down your panties" as FBI agents knocked on the door prepared to search their home.

But aside from the embarrassing details that made Johnson and his wife Leslie a punchline, the facts that Johnson admitted to in a plea agreement filed Tuesday show he was taking in some serious bribes from developers in exchange for political favors.

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Jack B. Johnson

Jack Johnson To Enter Guilty Plea In Prince George's County Bribery Case

Ryan J. Reilly | May 17, 2011, 9:50AM

Jack Johnson

Former Prince George's County Executive Jack Johnson, brought up on eight federal charges related to allegations he was bribed by developers and businessmen, pleaded guilty on Tuesday to one count of extortion and one count of evidence tampering at a hearing in federal court in Maryland.

Six counts against him will be dropped, reports ABC7.

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Prince George's County

Mugshots Released In Prince George's County Corruption Scandal

Melissa Jeltsen | March 16, 2011, 10:24AM

Jack Johnson

The scandal started with a check flushed down the toilet, a cash-stuffed bra and the arrest of Prince George's County Executive Jack B. Johnson and his wife Leslie for alleged corruption. But the additional arrests that ensued exposed a wide-ranging tobacco and alcohol smuggling ring in the D.C. suburbs.

TPM just received the mugshots of eight people who were arrested in the Prince George's County corruption probe. Check out our slideshow to see the players and learn more about how store owners and police allegedly teamed up to smuggle untaxed booze and cigarettes into Maryland.

Jack B. Johnson

Jack Johnson Pleads Not Guilty In Bribery Case; Mugshots Released

Ryan J. Reilly | March 15, 2011, 4:40PM

Jack Johnson

Jack B. Johnson, the former County Executive of D.C. suburb Prince George's County, on Tuesday pleaded not guilty to eight charges related to allegations he took bribes from developers and businessmen.

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Jack B. Johnson

Feds: Md. Politician Solicited Donations On Behalf Of Alleged Bra-Stuffing Wife

Ryan J. Reilly | February 14, 2011, 2:03PM

Leslie Johnson and Prince George's County Executive Jack B. Johnson

The other shoe has dropped for Jack B. Johnson, the former executive of Prince George's County, Maryland, who rose to fame when he allegedly told his wife to stuff cash in her bra as FBI agents raided their home as part of a corruption investigation.

The Valentine's Day indictment of Jack Johnson on conspiracy, extortion and bribery charges, first reported by TBD, leaves out his wife, Prince George's County Councilwoman Leslie Johnson, who has already been charged in the bra-stuffing episode. But Leslie Johnson's name and campaign does come up plenty of times in the indictment against her husband.

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Tom DeLay

Tom DeLay Sentenced To Prison

Rachel Slajda | January 10, 2011, 3:22PM

Former House Majority Leader Tom DeLay (R-TX)

Former House Majority Leader Tom DeLay (R-TX) has been sentenced to three years in prison, the AP and the Austin-American Statesman are reporting.

Texas Judge Pat Priest handed down the sentence this afternoon in an Austin courtroom.

DeLay was convicted in November on money laundering and conspiracy charges. His lawyers asked for the minimum sentence, probation. Prosecutors asked for at least 10 years in prison.

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Leslie Johnson

Alleged Bra-Stuffer Sworn In As Councilwoman (VIDEO)

Ryan J. Reilly | December 7, 2010, 10:02AM

Leslie Johnson and Prince George's County Executive Jack B. Johnson

Despite the federal indictment against her, Leslie Johnson was sworn into office on Monday in Prince George's County, Md. on a Bible held by her husband and alleged co-conspirator, Jack Johnson.

Leslie Johnson is accused of stuffing nearly $80,000 in cash in her bra and flushing a $100,000 check down the toilet as FBI agents knocked on the door in order to search her home as part of a corruption probe.

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Jack B. Johnson

Despite Federal Charges, Leslie Johnson Poised To Assume Council Seat

Ryan J. Reilly | November 23, 2010, 9:09AM

Leslie Johnson and Prince George's County Executive Jack B. Johnson

Leslie Johnson, the wife of Prince George's County Executive Jack B. Johnson whom the feds say stuffed nearly $80,000 in cash in her bra and flushed a $100,000 check down the toilet to try and hide evidence, could still take the seat she was elected to on the County Council despite the federal charges pending against her.

Not so fast, say current and incoming members of the council who have joined critics in calling for Johnson to step aside.

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Jack B. Johnson

Probe In Prince George's County Widens With Arrests Of 3 Officers

Ryan J. Reilly | November 16, 2010, 12:06PM

Leslie Johnson and Prince George's County Executive Jack B. Johnson

The scandal started with a check flushed down the toilet and a bra stuffed with cash. But in the days since Prince George's County Executive Jack B. Johnson and his wife Leslie were arrested and charged with allegedly trying to destroy or hide evidence, additional arrests have exposed a wide-ranging corruption probe in the D.C. suburbs.

Nine people -- including three police officers -- were arrested on Monday, accused by the federal government of running drugs, guns, and black-market alcohol and cigarettes. FBI agents also moved to seize more than 30 homes, businesses and vehicles as part of the probe of corruption in the county.

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Jack B. Johnson

Feds: Md. County Executive Told Wife To Hide Cash In Bra, Flush Check

Ryan J. Reilly | November 12, 2010, 7:27PM

Leslie Johnson and Prince George's County Executive Jack B. Johnson

Prince George's County Executive Jack B. Johnson and his wife, who was just elected to the county council herself, were arrested at their home in a D.C. suburb on Friday and charged with trying to hide or destroy evidence of a bribe by a local contractor.

How did Leslie Johnson reportedly try to destroy a check and hide the allegedly ill-gotten cash? By flushing the check down the toilet and stuffing tens of thousands of dollars in cash in her bra, according to the FBI.

Leslie Johnson is said to have been speaking to her husband on the phone at around 10:10 a.m., shortly after he was questioned and searched by FBI agents as part of an investigation involving bribes from developers, according to an affidavit by FBI Special Agent Wendy H. Munoz. Two female federal agents were knocking at the door of the home, looking to execute a search warrant. During that conversation, apparently taped by investigators, Jack Johnson allegedly told Leslie Johnson to put "the cash" in her underwear. "I have it in my bra," she allegedly replied.

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