Stay updated with breaking news from வாஂட கிரீன். Get real-time updates on events, politics, business, and more. Visit us for reliable news and exclusive interviews.
Prosecutor who jailed sheriff, county manager, tomato cheats, retires citizen-times.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from citizen-times.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
View Comments ASHEVILLE - Former high-ranking Buncombe County elected official Ellen Frost has been sentenced to six months in prison for corruption. The sentence was unexpected following a plea deal with prosecutors who recommended no prison time. U.S. District Court Judge Robert J. Conrad imposed the punishment April 28 for the former Buncombe County Board of Commissioners Democratic vice chair, saying the case was unusual in that she did not gain monetarily, but that it had the very serious nature of local government corruption. In the plea deal reached earlier this year, Frost admitted to conspiring with ex-County Manager Wanda Greene to misapply more than $575,000 of taxpayer s funds toward equestrian enterprises. In return, prosecutors agreed to recommend home confinement. They also agreed to give her a special avenue to appeal, though it was not clear after the hearing if she would. ....
ASHEVILLE - A former lieutenant governor candidate, a long-time top county elected official and an influential racial justice scholar are asking a federal judge for leniency in the sentencing of ex-county Commissioner Ellen Frost, who was convicted of corruption. The dozen letters from former lieutenant governor candidate Terry Van Duyn, ex-Buncombe County Board of Commissioners Chair David Gantt, UNC Asheville political science professor emeritus Dwight Mullen and others were submitted by Frost s attorney in advance of her April 28 sentencing by U.S. District Court Judge Robert Conrad in Asheville. Ellen Frost ran for the right reasons and worked hard to make Buncombe County a better place. I hope during your deliberations, you will find it possible to take into consideration the good she did while serving Buncombe County, said Van Duyn, who served seven years as a Democratic North Carolina state senator from Buncombe. ....
County OKs $175,000 settlement in Ellen Frost case ASHEVILLE, North Carolina (WLOS) Buncombe County leaders on Tuesday night approved a $175,000 settlement as part of the county’s civil suit against former commissioner Ellen Frost. A federal investigation showed that Frost and former Buncombe County manager Wanda Greene misused more than $500,000 to advertise Asheville Regional Airport at Tryon International Equestrian Center in Polk County and its affiliates in Florida. Frost pleaded guilty to one count of conspiracy to defraud the United States in August 2020. The other charges against her, which included five counts of converts to own use property of another and five counts of fraud and swindles, were dropped as part of that agreement reached with the US Attorney’s Office. ....
Answer Man: Wanda Greene still in jail? Creighton out? citizen-times.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from citizen-times.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.