Secretary, Police Testify in Leopold Trial
The misconduct trial of Anne Arundel County Executive John Leopold started with emotional testimony from his former secretary.
In an emotional start to testimony in the official misconduct trial of Anne Arundel County Executive John Leopold, his former scheduling secretary cried as she described getting on her "hands and knees" to empty Leopold's urine from his catheter bag. Patricia Meglin testified that after Leopold's back surgery in 2010, he asked her to help him change the bag—which was strapped to his ankle—because he couldn't bend over to do so himself. "I was quiet at first because after he said that he looked at me and said 'You don’t have a problem with that, do you, Patty?'" Meglin said. "It was my experience that you don’t tell him no because then he would consider you un-loyal and then you lost your job ... I just didn’t say no because I was scared of…
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S C Eastport
8:22 am on Wednesday, January 16, 2013
If he is found guilty, I hope he is removed from office. Criminals belong behind bars, not behind a County Executive's desk, drawing huge taxpayer funded salaries, pensions, and other benefits. Crooks disguised as public servants give all government employees / legislators, etc a bad image. :/ more ›