AP Photo-In this March 12, 2014 photo, Charlotte Mayor Patrick Cannon speaks at the Central Piedmont Community College Global Competitiveness and Transformational Thinking Summit, in Charlotte, N.C. U.S. Attorney Anne […]
AP Photo-In this March 12, 2014 photo, Charlotte Mayor Patrick Cannon speaks at the Central Piedmont Community College Global Competitiveness and Transformational Thinking Summit, in Charlotte, N.C. U.S. Attorney Anne Tompkins said Wednesday, March 26, 2014, that Cannon is facing theft and bribery charges. Tompkins says Cannon solicited and accepted bribes from undercover FBI agents posing as real estate developers who wanted to do business in Charlotte. Photo/The Charlotte Observer, Jeff Willhelm