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CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — The former mayor of Charlotte is being sentenced in a federal corruption case that stunned North Carolina’s largest city. In a deal with prosecutors, Patrick Cannon, 47, pleaded guilty in June to one count of honest services wire fraud, which carries a sentence of up to 20 years in prison and […]

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CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — Former Charlotte Mayor Patrick Cannon was expected to plead guilty Tuesday in a corruption case after an FBI sting recorded him accepting thousands of dollars in cash and airline tickets from undercover agents posing as businessmen, according to court documents. Cannon agreed to plead guilty to a single count of honest […]

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CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — Less than six months on the job, the mayor of Charlotte was arrested Wednesday and accused of accepting more than $48,000 in bribes from undercover FBI agents posing as businessmen who wanted to do work with North Carolina’s largest city. According to the Associated Press, he has now resigned. Mayor Patrick […]

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CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — Democrat Patrick Cannon will face Republican Edwin Peacock in a race to decide the next mayor of Charlotte. The Charlotte Observer reports that the 46-year-old Cannon, a council member who was first elected in 1993, edged James Mitchell in a hotly contested Democratic primary. Unofficial returns show Cannon received 56 percent […]