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Cleveland council member, 2 associates arrested for theft from federal programs Councilman Ken Johnson (Source: Cleveland City Council) By Chris Anderson | February 23, 2021 at 9:47 AM EST - Updated February 23 at 9:41 PM
CLEVELAND, Ohio (WOIO) - Documents from the U.S. District Attorneyâs Office show that Cleveland Councilman Kenneth Johnson and two others were arrested on charges of theft from federal programs.
The 74-year-old sitting Cleveland City Council member elected to represent Ward 4 and the Buckeye-Shaker neighborhood faces 15 charges related to federal program theft, including:
2 counts of conspiracy to commit federal program theft
6 counts of federal program theft
5 counts of aiding and assisting in the preparation of false tax returns
Feb 23, 2021
(Cleveland) - Ward 4 Cleveland Councilman Kenneth Johnson was arrested Tuesday morning by FBI agents, after a federal grand jury handed down at 15-count indictment charging him with federal program theft. Two other men were also indicted.
Johnson is charged with two counts of conspiracy to commit federal program, six counts of federal program theft, five counts of aiding and assisting in the preparation of false tax returns, one count of tampering with a witness, and one count of falsification of records in a federal investigation.
Garnell Jamison, Johnson s executive assistant for over 20 years, was also charged, as was John Hopkis, executive director of the Buckeye Shaker Square Development Corporation.