Posted below are the plea agreements for Canton Alderman Eric Gilkey and former Canton Alderman Andrew Grant. Both men pleaded guilty to one count of general conspiracy. A federal grand jury indicted Rudolphus Warnock, Eric Gilkey,
Cleveland Anderson, and Andrew Grant for conspiracy to commit bribery and
fraud as they allegedly worked together to rip off Canton Municipal
Utilities. The grand jury indicted the defendants on December 8, 2021 but the indictments were not unsealed until Monday after a change of plea hearing was held for Gilkey and Grant. More than a few people are following this case so the plea agreements are posted for their benefit.
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Anyone know why in this case that the indictments were sealed for a year?
Fast guilty pleas usually mean cooperation. Espy, tight sphincters today?
One would think that a similar action will soon take place in Jackson, with the amounts involved being at least six more zeros before the decimal.
Is this the infamous politician “Rudy Warnock”?
Yo Espy, the Clintons can't protect you here, and if you have the goods on Hildabeast don't fall down some stairs.
Folks that are probably sweating include Tim Johnson, Paul Griffin, Karl Banks, Gerald Steen, John Noble, and Kenny Wayne Jones.
Rudolphus will hire an attorney with more firepower than the lightweight junior-esquire he has typically used in MadCo. But he can't hire the Blackmon Twins since they'll be representing co-conspirator (to be named) Paul Griffin and Espy, both of whom will roll on Rudolphus. Or, drumroll, will Adolphos roll on them? Ain't it funny how this shit works?
Gilkey is still listed as alderman and mayor pro tempre on the city of Canton’s website.
i dont see the board of supes in the cross hairs in this go around. Maybe next time.
Gilkey is still listed as alderman and mayor pro tempre on the city of Canton’s website.
Kenny Wayne Jones is not in this, so don't try to smear his reputation. He's taking County in the right direction as County Administrator.
He's taking County in the right direction as County Administrator.
How so? Provide some examples.
"i dont see the board of supes in the cross hairs in this go around. Maybe next time. November 25, 2022 at 7:36 PM"
Is that you, Ray Charles? Or are you Stevie Wonder?
How does one 'smear the reputation' of Kenny Wayne Jones? Asking for the entire population of Madison County.
"Yo Espy, the Clintons can't protect you here, and if you have the goods on Hildabeast don't fall down some stairs."
If Espy had had 'goods' on Hillary, he would have been in a pine box three decades ago.
Bill Clinton fired Espy.
Espy spent decades getting his name back.
There won’t be a single legitimate mention of Espy in this deal because he knows better.
I’ll say this too…let some slanderous info get spread around and find out what lawyers cost.
The owner of this thing best take heed as well….limitations to liability exist until there is an exception marked as an *
I will definitely put good money to sue Kingfish for allowing people to slander people. Kingfish runs a Gossip Blog!! Publish comment twerp
What gossip have I posted on this site?
You allow anonymous comments to be posted about people saying they have committed crimes that are not part of the story. Can’t wait until someone sues your hate blog
10:40 - You'd do well to consult a competent attorney prior to posting bull shit. But, perhaps you can't help it. Assuming you might even BE the famous Mr. Espy, you should bone up on slander and libel as relates to famous persons, politicians or other well known public figures.
Espy is a well-known public figure, was a prior presidential cabinet member, has run for state and national office and is a prominent county attorney. Mike Espy's reputation (that you want to protect) is what it is and precedes him into any discussion. Opinions regarding Mr. Espy can be freely expressed on a blog or in the public square.
Not a court in the land will hold liable any speech directed at or toward Mike Espy.
Attn 1:51. J.N.?..
Clintons didn't protect him. He was indicted but he was cleared in court. He was the attorney for CMU but the indictments don't mention him nor (unless I missed something) do they mention anything about unindicted co-conspirators except for a "J.M." which quite a few people believe to be a typo. Kenny Wayne isn't mentioned nor are any other CMU commissioners or employees.
'Can't wait for somebody do sue this hate blog'? See if you can get somebody to explain to you that neither libel nor slander charges will prevail as long as there was no intended malice, and the 'sued party' believed his/her opinion to be factual.
If your sphincter is that tight, you should seek medical help. Or lawyer up.
It is quite obvious that 9:57 AM is the one who probably needs to “lawyer up”.
Someone should sue KF. It would be more interesting that most of the BS on this blog in recent memory.
For those of you chirping about suing for libel, here's just one of many snippets you'll find when you do basic research:
"For the first time, the Supreme Court ruled that “libel can claim no talismanic immunity from constitutional limitations,” but must “be measured by standards that satisfy the First Amendment.” In oft-cited language, Justice William Brennan wrote for the Court:
Thus, we consider this case against the background of a profound national commitment to the principle that debate on public issues should be uninhibited, robust, and wide-open, and that it may well include vehement, caustic, and sometimes unpleasantly sharp attacks on government and public officials.
The Court reasoned that “erroneous statement is inevitable in free debate” and that punishing critics of public officials for any factual errors would chill speech about matters of public interest. The high court also established what has come to be known as “the actual malice rule.” This means that public officials suing for libel must prove by clear and convincing evidence that the speaker made the false statement with “actual malice” — defined as “knowledge that it was false or with reckless disregard of whether it was false or not.”
Kingfish at 2:55 PM
3:41 PM is right.
I didn't think you approved comments mentioning names, accusing innocents of crimes! You should especially not have allowed 2:34 pm! This anonymous crap...
And no, I am not one of these gentlemen nor affiliated with them. I just know how hurtful this is to people and their families and damaging to reputations unnecessarily.
@ 7:13 - Remember that old saying? If you don't want fleas, don't lay down with feral dogs.
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