Baltimore Mayoral Candidate Pleads Guilty To Perjury

BALTIMORE (AP) — A Baltimore constabulary serviceman who was a distant contender for the Republican information for politician successful 2020 has pleaded blameworthy to perjury, Maryland’s authorities authoritative announced Friday.

Ivan Gonzalez falsely claimed connected certified candidacy paperwork that helium was a nonmigratory of the metropolis of Baltimore, according to a connection of facts successful enactment of the plea. However, the 13-year seasoned of the city’s constabulary unit really lived successful a suburb. Anyone moving for Baltimore politician has to beryllium a metropolis nonmigratory for astatine slightest a twelvemonth earlier an election.

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In a statement, Maryland State Prosecutor Charlton T. Howard III said Gonzalez was sentenced Friday by a circuit tribunal justice to 3 years of probation for intentionally committing perjury by providing mendacious accusation to found his qualifications arsenic a candidate. He gave a Baltimore station bureau container arsenic his mailing code but his main residence is really successful Essex, a assemblage extracurricular of the city.

As portion of his plea agreement, Gonzalez agreed to resign from his occupation arsenic a sworn metropolis officer.

“His instrumentality enforcement vocation has ended and helium has present been held accountable nether the law,” Howard said.

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Gonzalez had an antithetic level arsenic a mayoral candidate, claiming helium would “wage war” not lone connected criminals but besides connected “toilet water” judges and the state’s lawyer — whom helium referred to arsenic an “idiotbox” successful an online run announcement.

If helium were elected, Gonzalez asserted helium would enactment arsenic politician during the time and past patrol the streets arsenic a uniformed constabulary serviceman astatine nighttime carrying his “police-issued rifle.” He vowed helium would prosecute 900 much constabulary officers by putting prisoners to enactment cutting writer successful the metropolis alternatively of hiring people, among different things.

He got little than 700 votes during the 2020 primary, finishing 5th retired of 7 candidates.

Gonzalez did not instantly respond to a connection seeking comment. Last year, a Baltimore Sun newsman called Gonzalez regarding the discrepancy astir his code and helium hung up connected them aft dismissing the insubstantial arsenic “fake news.”

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