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Former Wilmington Land Bank director and City Council member accused of misusing office Xerxes Wilson, Delaware News Journal
Headlines April 27, 2021
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The former executive director of a publicly funded nonprofit charged with managing Wilmington’s inventory of vacant property has been charged with taking cash payments for properties he had no authority over.
A New Castle County grand jury on Monday indicted Bill Freeborn, who until last year was the executive director of the Wilmington Neighborhood Conservancy Land Bank, on charges of theft by false promise and misapplication of property, both felonies, as well as official misconduct, a misdemeanor.
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William Freeborn and Rebecca Walker, have been indicted in separate cases involving misconduct in office.
Theindictment alleges that between February 1, 2019 and May 17, 2020, Freeborn – who at that time was Executive Director of the Wilmington Neighborhood Conservancy Land Bank – knowingly accepted at least $28,000 in unauthorized cash deposits for properties that did not belong to the Land Bank.
Freeborn was charged Monday with Theft by False Promise and Misapplication of Property, both Class G Felonies, and with Official Misconduct, a Class A Misdemeanor. If convicted, Freeborn could face up to five years in prison.
Freeborn left the Land Bank post in 2020. Freeborn is a former member of the Wilmington City Council and has worked as a business consultant and association director. Freeborn said he was unable to comment on the charges.