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Bacon Bits: More Bad Behavior

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James A. Bacon
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Are public officials in Virginia engaging in more petty crimes and misdemeanors these days? Maybe it’s just coincidence that so much misbehavior is being reported on the same day.

Warren County embezzlement. From the Northern Virginia Daily: former Warren County supervisor Ronald L. Llewellyn and his wife Corinne have been arrested and charged with multiple counts of embezzlement that took place between 2011 and 2018. Ronald Llewellyn was indicted on 44 counts of embezzlement, 10 of conducting an unlawful financial transaction and one of forging a document. His wife was indicted with 22 counts of embezzlement and seven of unlawful transactions. Details were not available on what government or business entity was victimized.

Stalking and general creepiness. Rodney Lamont Hubbard, the 52-year-old owner of a car repair business and Republican candidate for Lynchburg City Council, has been charged with stalking and “unlawful filming” of another, reports Cardinal News. In other run-ins with the law, Hubbard is charged with misdemeanor assault and battery and misdemeanor carry of a concealed weapon. His record includes convictions for drug possession and distribution, destruction of property, possessing a gun as a nonviolent felon and unlawfully obtaining documents from the DMV.

I guess Patrick County won’t be getting that hospital. From Cardinal News….

Two years ago Sameer Suhail of Chicago pledged to reopen a community hospital in Patrick County. Now he and two co-defendants are under indictment on federal charges of scheming to embezzle more than $15 million from a Chicago hospital between 2018 and 2022. The indictment alleges that the defendants created “fictitious documents, including fictitious invoices, payment requests, delivery receipts and other documents, which contained false information about goods and services.”

Suhail founded Foresight Health in February 2022 and purchased a 10-acre property in the county seat of Stuart with the aim of reopening a healthcare facility there. But relations with community leaders deteriorated and the project never materialized.

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13 responses to “Bacon Bits: More Bad Behavior”

  1. walter smith Avatar
    walter smith

    John Adams: 'Our Constitution was made only for a moral and religious people. It is wholly inadequate to the government of any other.'

    Maybe we need to get back to that… (Trump haters now tell me of all his failings, and then tell me all of yours, and then tell me any candidate anywhere whose character is perfect). Take care of yourself. I'll be moral all by myself, without your help.

  2. Julie Smith Avatar
    Julie Smith

    Perhaps you omitted in this article Charlotte County Supervisor Gary Walker receiving three felony counts of perjury in January of this year, and subsequently charged with eight additional felony charges in June. One charge was related to accepting a bribe in favor for a vote on a solar application. If convicted on all counts, he could face 110 years in prison.

  3. Dick Hall-Sizemore Avatar
    Dick Hall-Sizemore

    At least they guy in the Patrick County situation was not a public official. In addition, Hubbard in the Lynchburg situation is not a public official; he is the Republican candidate for a city council seat, but has raised relatively little money. What I like best about his campaign is, notwithstanding his prior criminal record of drug possession and illegal possession of a firearm, his campaign promise of "safer streets."

  4. LarrytheG Avatar
    LarrytheG

    I'm of the view that this kind of stuff goes on all the time in both public and non-public/business realms. Is there more of it or more reporting of it? who knows but there are far less journalists and papers these days than before.

    1. LarrytheG Avatar
      LarrytheG

      "Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr., writing for the court, narrowed the definition of what sort of conduct can serve as the basis of a corruption prosecution. He said only formal and concrete government actions counted — filing a lawsuit, say, or making an administrative determination. Routine political courtesies like arranging meetings or urging underlings to consider a matter, he added, generally do not, even when the people seeking those favors give the public officials gifts or money."

      so if the absolute immunity thing is extended to Governors…. in performance of their "official" duties…. 😉

  5. Marty Chapman Avatar
    Marty Chapman

    Several former Richmond Mayors have been indicted. At one time back in the early 2000's I believe 3 Va Sheriffs were either incarcerated or under indictment. Former CA, Delegate, and State Senator Joe Morrissey is in a class by himself! I suppose Smiling Bob McDonnell is the only Gov to have been indicted.

    1. walter smith Avatar
      walter smith

      On wholly made up crimes…by…Jack Smith!
      Obama Justice Dept. Lawfare been going on for a while.

      1. Marty Chapman Avatar
        Marty Chapman

        True, and getting a 9-0 ruling from the SCOTUS reversing a federal criminal conviction is certainly rare. However, Smiling Bob's conduct was certainly unseemly, if not illegal.

        1. walter smith Avatar
          walter smith

          Right. It was tawdry. Not illegal. And I fault it to him not being a corrupt politician and rich like Terry McAwful off of government grift. And I think his wife had a hard time going to all the fancy events and not being dressed and adorned like the wives of mega-donors. I also think the defense blew it, unless the Judge restricted it (go over every politician’s votes and contributors).
          And it was 8-0 – Scalia had died. Would have been 9-0. Back when even the liberal judges knew to do the right thing…

          1. Marty Chapman Avatar
            Marty Chapman

            Walter, we are not disagreeing. I fault McDonnell for not being able to manage his own finances and for breaking a pledge regarding state employee pension contributions. I stand corrected, it was 8-0 and corrected a massive DOJ overreach. For all his many questionable actions, TMack has avoided indictment… so far!

          2. walter smith Avatar
            walter smith

            I know we aren’t fighting. As a lawyer, I really thought the defense was handled badly, and I think people from my old firm were involved. I really felt sorry for McDonnell. A politician who had not cashed in on the grift.
            He lived near me when Gov. One day, after the Supreme Court decision, I was shopping at Food Lion – $4.99 NY Strips – boy that’s long gone! – and there was a guy standing in front of the family packs. I waited a bit, he didn’t move, so I grabbed and started walking away and felt bad. I turned and asked was he wanting to buy those and he said “no.” So I turned back, and then recognized it was Bob McDonnell! I turned back and put my hand on his shoulder and told him how happy I was with the Supreme Court decision. His eyes brightened and we talked a bit. He said his legal bills were $18 million.
            Lawfare is evil. That Leftists approve of this …. I’m sorry – only one word – evil. Let’s make it two words – un-American.

  6. James Wyatt Whitehead Avatar
    James Wyatt Whitehead

    Warren County. No surprise here. Something in the water in that town. Must be leftover pollution from Viscose Plant.

  7. Drive-by Commentator Avatar
    Drive-by Commentator

    Ronald Llewellyn — Republican

    Rodney Lamont Hubbard — Republican

    Sameer Suhail — Chicago authorities' investigation revealed Suhail's hospital was funneling vaccines meant for underserved areas of the West Side to ineligible people at Chicago’s Trump Tower, where Loretto’s then-chief financial officer, Ahmed, lived, and to a luxury jewelry store and high-end Gold Coast steakhouse where Ahmed hung out.

    Notice the pattern?

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