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Incoming Collin County [TX] district clerk, 5 others indicted on organized crime charges related to campaign
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| Contributor | DFWDem |
| Last Edited | DFWDem Jul 30, 2010 05:04pm |
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| Category | Scandal |
| Author | Ed Housewright |
| Media | Newspaper - Dallas Morning News |
| News Date | Friday, July 30, 2010 11:00:00 PM UTC0:0 |
| Description | Patricia Crigger, the incoming Collin County district clerk, and five other office supervisors have been indicted on charges of engaging in organized criminal activity.
The indictments stem from a Texas Rangers investigation that alleges Crigger and the others pressured district clerk employees to work on Crigger's spring campaign.
She defeated law office manager Alma Hays in an April 13 Republican primary runoff election. Crigger received about 54 percent of the vote.
She faces no Democratic opposition and is due to take office Jan. 1, replacing longtime district clerk Hannah Kunkle, who is retiring.
Crigger and the other supervisors could not be reached for comment.
Under state law, a person can hold office while under indictment but can be removed if convicted.
Engaging in organized criminal activity is a second-degree felony punishable by two to 20 years in prison and up to a $10,000 fine. |
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