CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — Former Charlotte, North Carolina, Mayor Patrick Cannon is expected to be released from prison next week. Cannon pleaded guilty to public corruption and has been in the Morgantown, West Virginia, Federal Correctional Institution since Nov. 18, ...

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South Charlotte neighborhood associations that challenged the City Council’s approval of a rezoning for workforce housing hope the North Carolina Court of Appeals will reverse a lower-court ruling that said they lacked proper standing to sue. In their lawsuit, the ...

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CHARLOTTE – Former Charlotte Mayor Patrick Cannon was sentenced to 44 months in prison Tuesday, despite a recommendation for a more lenient sentence by the U.S. Attorney’s Office. Chief U.S. District Judge Frank Whitney, when he levied the sentence, cited ...

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It seems some people in Greensboro are finding humor in what most Charlotteans regard as a blemish on the Queen City’s reputation, namely former Mayor Patrick Cannon’s arrest for alleged corruption. A new digital billboard prominently displayed on Greensboro’s Battleground ...

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CHARLOTTE – It’s a case of alleged corruption that crosses state lines and involves fictitious international businessmen offering up hundreds of millions of dollars for fake development projects. But the Federal Bureau of Investigation’s case against former Charlotte Mayor Patrick ...

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CHARLOTTE — The mayor of  North Carolina’s largest city has been arrested on public corruption charges. U.S. Attorney Anne Tompkins said Wednesday that Charlotte Mayor Patrick Cannon is facing theft and bribery charges. Tompkins says Cannon solicited and accepted bribes from undercover ...

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