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  • **FILE** Former Prince George's County Executive Jack Johnson walks out of the U.S. District Courthouse in Greenbelt, Md. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)

    P.G. project reconsidered 3 days after developer sent to jail

    One parcel of a massive mixed-used development project in central Prince George's County, which was left in a lurch after its developer was embroiled in an extortion scheme that involved a former county executive, could make headway Monday when county officials are set to reconsider plans for the land.


  • Developer gets year in prison in corruption plot

    A real estate developer who admitted to a role in the public corruption probe that send a former Prince George's County executive to prison has been sentenced.


  • Former P.G. housing director sentenced to 3 years

    The former director of the Prince George's County Department of Housing and Community Development was sentenced to more than three years in prison Monday for his role in the pay-to-play scheme that ensnared former County Executive Jack B. Johnson.


  • Granzow pleads guilty in corruption scandal

    A retired Prince George's fire official has pleaded guilty in connection with the widespread corruption scandal that has taken down developers, public officials and police officers in the county in the last several months, according to federal court documents unsealed Monday.


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    Former fire official pleads guilty in P.G. corruption probe

    The guilty plea of a retired Prince George's County fire official was unsealed Monday in federal court, linking him to the large-scale corruption probe that has taken down developers, public officials and police officers in the county over the last several months.


  • Another guilty plea in P.G. corruption probe

    A Prince George´s County developer has pleaded guilty in connection with the ongoing federal corruption probe that brought down former County Executive Jack B. Johnson, according to a plea agreement unsealed Thursday.


  • Former Prince George's County Executive Jack B. Johnson speaks to the media outside the U.S. Federal Courthouse, in Greenbelt, Md., Tuesday, May 17, 2011. Johnson pleaded guilty to one count of extortion and one count of witness tampering. (Drew Angerer/The Washington Times)

    Johnson pleads guilty to public corruption charges

    Former Prince George's County Executive Jack B. Johnson on Tuesday pleaded guilty to two felony charges involving thousands of dollars in bribes he solicited as part of a "pay-to-play" culture federal authorities say he fostered throughout his two terms in office.


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