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1. 03/24/2022
A federal jury on Thursday found Rep. Jeff Fortenberry (R-Neb.) guilty of three felonies for lying to and misleading the FBI about his knowledge of campaign donations made with funds from a foreign national.
2. 4/12/2022
BRIAN BENJAMIN (D), the Lieutenant Governor of the State of New York, was charged with bribery and related offenses. In particular, BENJAMIN is charged with bribery, honest services wire fraud, and conspiracy to commit the those offenses, based on BENJAMIN’s use of his official authority while a New York state senator to direct a state-funded grant to an organization controlled by a real estate developer (“CC-1”) in exchange for campaign contributions made and procured.
3. 3/2/2022
A federal grand jury in Chicago today indicted former Speaker of the Illinois House of Representatives MICHAEL J. MADIGAN (D) on racketeering and bribery charges for allegedly using his official position to corruptly solicit and receive personal financial rewards for himself and his associates. The 22-count indictment accuses Madigan of leading for nearly a decade a criminal enterprise whose purpose was to enhance Madigan’s political power and financial well-being while also generating income for his political allies and associates.
4. 4/12/2022
Three top staffers for a high-profile Texas Democrat were indicted Monday on felony charges in connection with the alleged rigging an $11 million bid for COVID vaccine-outreach services. Judge Lina Hidalgo serves in Harris County, Texas, the heavily-populated county that includes the City of Houston. Although Hidalgo is called a “judge,” her position functions primarily as the county’s chief executive, and she oversees a sizable budget. Hidalgo’s chief of staff Alex Triantaphyllis, policy director Wallis Nader, and former senior advisor Aaron Dunn, were investigated and indicted for allegedly tampering with government documents and misusing official information in connection with a controversial contract intended to reduce vaccine-hesitancy during the pandemic.
5. 2/22/2022
Ken Paxton (R Attorney General - TX) was indicted on securities fraud charges in 2015, and his case still hasn't gone to trial. More recently, he's come under federal investigation over allegations of bribery and abuse of office. Federal agents are looking into claims by former members of Paxton’s staff that the high-profile Republican committed bribery, abuse of office and other crimes to help Austin real estate developer Nate Paul.
6. 4/12/2022
The South Dakota House on Tuesday impeached state Attorney General Jason Ravnsborg (R) over a 2020 car crash in which he killed a pedestrian but initially said he might have struck a deer or another large animal. He will at least temporarily be removed from office pending the historic Senate trial, where it takes a two-thirds majority to convict on impeachment charges. Ravnsborg pleaded no contest last year to a pair of traffic misdemeanors in the crash, including making an illegal lane change. He has cast Joseph Boever’s death as a tragic accident.
7. 4/2/2022
A former Nevada Assemblyman has been indicted accused of lying about the district he represented and misusing thousands of dollars. In January, the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department recommended the following charges against Alexander Assefa (D): Residency requirement for candidate (1 count), Unlawful for candidate to make false statement (2 counts), Perjury (6 counts), Burglary (2 counts), Offer false instrument for filing or record (8 counts), Theft (4 counts) and False statement to procure marriage license (1 count).
8. 2/8/2022
Former Hawaii Senate Majority Leader Kalani English (D) and state Rep. Ty Cullen, who resigned Tuesday, took thousands of dollars in bribes in exchange for legislative actions ― including killing bills ― meant to benefit one or more associates. Prosecutors say Cullen took more than $23,000 from an “industrial services contractor” in exchange for legislative actions, while English took more than $18,000 from an identified businessperson federal prosecutors say.
9. 4/11/2022
Utah Rep. Travis M. Seegmiller (R-Dist. 62) was charged in Oct. 2021 with misdemeanor charges for the shooting of a deer. At the time, officials say the deer was shot on private property before crossing the street and passing away on another resident’s property. The investigation was turned over to the Utah Division of Wildlife Resources (DWR). Seegmiller was previously charged by the Millard County Attorney’s Office for one count each of taking/transfer/selling/purchasing protected wildlife, discharging a firearm without permission near a home, and discharging a firearm from a vehicle. During that incident, authorities reported to the Blackridge Ranches development near New Harmony on reports of a doe being shot on private property and out of season. Seegmiller allegedly fired a shotgun from the roadway and entered a property without permission to hunt the doe.
10. 3/19/2022
A former Tennessee state senator expelled from office after a conviction for using federal grant money on wedding expenses instead of the nursing school she operates was sentenced Friday to a year of probation but no prison time.
Katrina Robinson (D) had faced four to 10 months in prison under sentencing guidelines after she was found guilty in September of two counts of wire fraud in Memphis federal court. But U.S. District Judge Sheryl H. Lipman departed from the guidelines at sentencing, saying Robinson had already suffered greatly and the Memphis community would gain no benefit from prison time for the nursing school administrator, community leader and mother of two.
Robinson, a Democrat, was elected to represent a Memphis district in the state Senate in 2018. She was removed from office last month by the Republican-led Senate in a vote along party lines.
The criminal case against Robinson involved federal grant money for a school for health care workers she started running before she was elected to public office.
9/14/2020
Judge Sheryl H. Lipman appears to be a soft on crime judge even in cases of gross child pornography. Specifically she is not a fan of the federal sentencing guidelines, nor the way the guidelines are interpreted and applied by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit. Nonetheless, as a district court judge, she is obligated to follow applicable precedent and the law of the circuit. She also has an obligation to follow the Sixth Circuit's instructions on remand. Yet that's not what she did in the case of Dane Schrank, and the Sixth Circuit is not amused.
Today, in U.S. v. Schrank, the Sixth Circuit reversed Judge Lipman for the second time for the same mistake: Imposing a substantively unreasonable sentence. To ensure this does not happen again, the panel sua sponte reassigned the case to another district court judge on remand.
Judge Thapar's (incredibly brief) opinion for the Court begins:
We have seen this case before. Dane Schrank visited the dark web and downloaded "nearly 1,000 images of babies and toddlers being forcibly, violently, and sadistically penetrated." United States v. Schrank, 768 F. App'x 512, 515 (6th Cir. 2019). After a government investigation identified Schrank, he confessed and pled guilty to possession of child pornography in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 2252(a)(4)(B).
The Sentencing Guidelines called for a sentence of 97 to 120 months in prison. Yet the district court imposed a noncustodial sentence of just 12 months' home confinement. The government appealed, and we vacated the sentence because it was substantively unreasonable. It both "ignored or minimized the severity of the offense" and "failed to account for general deterrence." Schrank, 768 F. App'x at 515. Yet on remand, the district court imposed the same sentence. The district judge criticized our court for "second-guess[ing]" her sentence and said that she refused to impose a sentence that "does not make sense." R. 47, Page ID 249, 271. But the district judge didn't stop there. She also found time to criticize the "sophistication of the judges on the Sixth Circuit when it comes to computers" and said that Schrank's misconduct—accessing the dark web over the course of five days and downloading nearly 1,000 images of children being raped—was "much less exaggerated" than "the Sixth Circuit judges realize." Id. at 250. She concluded by noting, "maybe the Sixth Circuit will reverse me again." Id. at 271.
We now do just that. Because Schrank's sentence remains substantively unreasonable, we vacate it and remand for resentencing. And given the district judge's conduct, we order that the case be reassigned on remand.
A bit more from the opinion:
we have repeatedly held that sentences are substantively unreasonable in child pornography cases when they require little or no jail time. . . . Indeed, in this very case we held that Schrank's noncustodial sentence was substantively
unreasonable given his misconduct.Because the district court imposed the same sentence on remand, the sentence remains substantively unreasonable for the reasons set forth in our earlier opinion. . . .
To be sure, district judges have considerable discretion when imposing sentences. . . . But that discretion is not unfettered. And when a district court abuses its discretion by imposing a fundamentally unjust sentence—as occurred here—we must reverse. For our job is to review sentences, not rubber stamp them. Since Schrank's punishment does not fit his very serious crime, we once again vacate his sentence and remand for resentencing. . . .
And here's Judge Thapar's explanation of the reassignment on remand:
On remand, we order this case be reassigned to another district court judge for resentencing. This court has a duty to supervise district courts to ensure "proper judicial administration in the federal system." . . . Although the government did not request reassignment, appellate courts may sua sponte order reassignment on remand. . . .
In two prior cases involving nearly identical facts . . . our court has ordered reassignment because the record showed that the "original judge would reasonably be expected . . . to have substantial difficulty in putting out of [her] mind previously-expressed views or findings." Bistline, 720 F.3d at 634 (quotation marks omitted) . . . That same rationale compels reassignment here.
The district court began the resentencing hearing by stating, "I disagree with the Sixth Circuit." . . . The district court then imposed the same substantively
unreasonable sentence. And at one point during the hearing, the district court even acknowledged, "maybe the Sixth Circuit will reverse me again, but I can't impose a sentence on Mr. Schrank that otherwise does not make sense to me." . . . Thus, despite our binding holding, the district judge refused to follow the law and impose an appropriate sentence.Schrank's sentence is vacated, and the case remanded for reassignment and resentencing
The judge's reasoning for such a light sentence is that "There is the issue of just punishment as well in those factors that I listed. Mr. Schrank is -- has a felony conviction, has a very significant felony conviction on his record. He has so far served a period of 12 months of home detention. Required to do a number of other things, register on the sex offender registry and so forth. He -- I think the issue of just punishment has been addressed, again very specific to Mr. Schrank's individual situation." She believes that he has complied with everything asked of him and more and thus that he merits no more punishment. In addition she noted that the issue “has to do with, a little bit, the sophistication of the judges on the 6th Circuit when it comes to computers versus the sophistication, frankly, of a 21-year-old,” Lipman said during the hearing.
“The use of a computer today is done with much more ease and much more—much less exaggerated conduct than I think the 6th Circuit judges realize,” Lipman said. Apparently since downloading child pornography is so easy, Judge Lipman (Obama appointee) believes that a light punishment is warranted.
10. 4/29/2022
Exactly one year to the day that former Lewiston Rep. Aaron von Ehlinger (R) resigned from his seat after a Idaho House ethics panel recommended his suspension over his conduct as a legislator, a jury in Ada County found him guilty of rape and not guilty of forcible penetration with a foreign object. The two crimes he was charged with, both felonies, stem from a night in March 2021 when von Ehlinger said he asked the alleged victim, a 19-year-old legislative intern, to dinner, then took her back to his apartment, where she said he forced her to perform oral sex and inserted his fingers inside of her without her consent.
https://idahocapitalsun.com/2022/04/29/former-idaho-representative-found-guilty-of-felony-rape-in-trial-involving-legislative-intern/
11. 4/26/2022
North Dakota’s longest-serving state senator announced Monday that he would resign following a report that he had traded scores of text messages with a man jailed on child pornography charges.
Republican Ray Holmberg, who rose to become one of the state’s most powerful lawmakers in a career that spanned 46 years, said he would resign effective June 1. His term was scheduled to end on Nov. 30 and he already had announced in March that it would be his last.
https://www.mprnews.org/story/2022/04/26/north-dakota-lawmaker-quits-after-child-porn-suspect-texts
Later Oct 30, 2023: A former North Dakota legislator charged with traveling to Prague with the intent of paying for sex with a minor used state funds to pay for at least three trips to that city and to other destinations in Europe, according to a group that organized the travel. Holmberg, 79, was arrested Monday and released after pleading not guilty to the charges in U.S. District Court in Fargo. His trial is set for Dec. 5.
Travel records from the North Dakota School Boards Association show that former state senator Ray Holmberg (R) used public funding for trips in 2011, 2018 and 2019 to Prague in the Czech Republic and to other cities, including Amsterdam and Berlin. The trips were arranged through the Germany-based Global Bridges teacher exchange program, which received funding from the North Dakota Legislature.
12. 4/26/2022
Broomfield Democrat Matt Gray, who was arrested last week on suspicion of driving under the influence, will not seek reelection in Colorado’s 33rd House District, according to the Colorado Democratic Party
The 41-year-old was arrested Thursday after going to pick up his children from a Broomfield school, where employees reported he appeared to be intoxicated and smelled of liquor. Police said Gray refused a breath test of his blood alcohol level and declined to perform a field sobriety test.
13. 3/7/2022
Rep. Robin Smith, one of three Tennessee House members raided by the FBI 14 months ago, resigned Monday morning after federal authorities charged her with wire fraud, claiming she took “kickbacks” from an illicit campaign vendor. Smith is set to change her plea Tuesday as part of an agreement in federal court.
Federal authorities filed the charge Friday against Smith, a Hixson Republican who ran a political consulting business while serving in the House. Smith said last year she was not a target of the FBI investigation, but the filing proves otherwise.
Neither Rep. Glen Casada nor his former chief of staff Cade Cothren are named in the indictment but are presumably referred to.
Phoenix Solutions, a phony vendor set up by Cothren with the knowledge of Smith and Casada received more than $202,000 in payments from House Republicans before coming under scrutiny, as well as payments for independent expenditures from two Senate campaigns, the Tennessee Lookout previously reported. Casada, who also ran a political fundraising company after leaving the speakership, is not named in the filing but is identified as the former House Speaker from January to August 2019.
14. 3/7/202
Former Indiana State Senator Pleads Guilty to Federal Campaign Finance Violation and Making False Statements to the FBI. Darryl Brent Waltz (R), 48, of Greenwood, Indiana, pled guilty in federal court today to two felonies: making and receiving conduit contributions, and making false statements to the Federal Bureau of Investigation. Waltz faces up to five years in prison for each offense. He will be sentenced by U.S. District Court Judge James R. Sweeney II at a later date.
Leonard C Boyle, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, David Sundberg, Special Agent in Charge of the New Haven Division of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, and Christina D. Scaringi, Special Agent in Charge of the Office of Inspector General, U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, today announced that a federal grand jury in Hartford has returned an indictment charging former employee of the City of West Haven and his three alleged co-conspirators for their involvement in schemes that resulted in the theft of more than $1.2 million dollars in COVID relief funds and other funds from the City of West Haven.
The six-count indictment, which was returned yesterday, charges MICHAEL DiMASSA, 31, JOHN TRASACCO, 50, LAUREN KNOX, 37, and JOHN BERNARDO, 65, all of West Haven, with conspiracy and fraud offenses. Trasacco and Knox, who were arrested today, and DiMassa and Bernardo, who were previously arrested, appeared before U.S. Magistrate Judge Robert M. Spector in New Haven and pleaded not guilty to the charges. They are released on bond pending trial.
As alleged in the indictment, DiMassa was a Connecticut State Representative (D) who was also employed by the City of West Haven, most recently serving as the Administrative Assistant to the City Council. In April 2020, the State of Connecticut was allocated money by the U.S. Department of the Treasury through the Coronavirus Relief Fund (“CRF”), which was established by the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act (“CARES Act”) for the purpose of helping local governments pay costs incurred in responding to the COVID-19 pandemic. From July 2020 through September 2021, the City of West Haven received approximately $1,150,257 in financial assistance from this fund. DiMassa, who was authorized to approve the designated relief funds for the reimbursement of COVID-related expenditures incurred by West Haven, conspired with Trasacco, Knox and Bernardo to steal these funds and other West Haven funds through the submission of fraudulent invoices, and subsequent payment, for COVID relief goods and services that were never provided.
In a settlement agreement with the state’s Bureau of Narcotics and Dangerous Drugs, Rep. Patricia Derges (R) admits she violated state and federal controlled substance laws
The administrative settlement, signed Jan. 28 with the Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services’ Bureau of Narcotics and Dangerous Drugs, acknowledges that state Rep. Patricia Derges, R-Nixa, violated state and federal controlled substance laws.
https://missouriindependent.com/2022/02/14/missouri-lawmaker-admits-illegally-selling-prescription-drugs-says-it-was-unintentional/
State Representative Terry O'Donnell (R) announced that he will resign as Oklahoma House Speaker Pro Tempore after he and his wife were indicted by a federal grand jury in December.
Rep. Terry O’Donnell, R-Catoosa, and Teresa O’Donnell face eight counts in Oklahoma County District Court including conspiracy against the state, perjury, and official misconduct.The accusations stem from a 2019 bill authored by O’Donnell removing a ban on lawmakers’ families from owning tag agencies. O’Donnell authored and voted in favor of the measure, according to the indictment, benefiting his wife Teresa who at the time was seeking to replace her 74-year-old mother as a Catoosa tag agent. According to the indictment, the O’Donnells also financially benefited from another provision of the same law increasing tag fees and extending tag agency hours of operation.
https://www.newson6.com/story/61d7b56b957ffa0c1d88270f/rep-terry-odonnell-resigns-as-house-speaker-pro-tempore-amid-conspiracy-indictment
18. 2/4/2022
Federal prosecutors on Friday asked for as much as four years and nine months in prison for former Illinois state Rep. Luis Arroyo, who admitted in November to bribing a former state senator in exchange for his support on sweepstakes-related legislation that would benefit one of Arroyo's lobbying clients. The U.S. Attorney's office called for a sentence ranging from 46 to 57 months' imprisonment – or three years and 10 months to four years and nine months. Arroyo, a Democrat from Chicago, entered a blind plea in November to one count of wire fraud during a hearing before U.S. District Judge Steven Seeger, meaning there was no agreement with prosecutors on a recommended sentence at the time.
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/illinois-rep-luis-arroyo-bribery-sentence-request/
Former New Mexico state Rep. Sheryl Williams Stapleton (D) and and majority leader was indicted on 28 criminal charges. According to court documents filed Monday morning with the Clerk’s Office, Williams Stapleton’s charges include ten counts of 4th degree felony official act for personal financial interest, five counts of money laundering and one count each of racketeering and fraud.
Williams Stapleton on July 30 resigned from her NM House District 19 seat following the July 28 execution of search warrants on her home and business, stemming from allegations that she pocketed public money for her personal gain. She was among a dozen APS (Former state Rep. Sheryl Williams Stapleton on Monday was indicted on 28 criminal charges.
According to court documents filed Monday morning with the Clerk’s Office, Williams Stapleton’s charges include ten counts of 4th degree felony official act for personal financial interest, five counts of money laundering and one count each of racketeering and fraud.
Williams Stapleton on July 30 resigned from her NM House District 19 seat following the July 28 execution of search warrants on her home and business, stemming from allegations that she pocketed public money for her personal gain. She was among a dozen APS (Albuquerque Public School) employees put on paid leave after the warrants were executed.
APS on Aug. 31 fired Williams Stapleton, amid allegations of the former representative using her Career and Technical Education director and coordinator position to pocket public money. employees put on paid leave after the warrants were executed. APS on Aug. 31 fired Williams Stapleton, amid allegations of the former representative using her Career and Technical Education director and coordinator position to pocket public money.
https://www.kob.com/archive/former-state-rep-sheryl-williams-stapleton-indicted-on-criminal-charges/
19. 5/26/2022
A former Kentucky legislator has admitted he knew his pharmacy was submitting improper bills to insurance programs, but didn’t stop the fraud. Former state Rep. Robert Goforth (R), 46, pleaded guilty Wednesday in connection with $2.7 million in excess billing. Goforth admitted that a pharmacy he owned in Clay County billed insurance programs, including Medicare and Medicaid, for prescriptions that customers didn’t pick up. The medication could then be put back on the shelf and sold again. The pharmacy multiplied profits by buying a dose of medicine once and then “effectively selling it multiple times,” according to Goforth’s plea document. “I knew that it was wrong and I’m here to own up to that and take responsibility for my actions,” Goforth said in a hearing before U.S. District Judge Robert E. Wier in London. Goforth pleaded guilty to one charge of health care fraud and one charge related to money laundering, acknowledging he wrote a $17,000 check from an account that contained at least some money derived from the fraud. Each charge carries a maximum sentence of 10 years in prison. Goforth’s sentence will likely be less than that under advisory guidelines. Goforth agreed not to appeal any sentence up to three years and one month in prison. According to Goforth’s plea agreement, a state pharmacy investigator told him in late 2015 about suspected fraud by a pharmacist Goforth had put in charge of Hometown Pharmacy of Manchester, involving prescriptions not being picked up.
Read more at: https://www.kentucky.com/news/local/crime/article261794992.html#storylink=cpy
20. 1/14/2022
Rep. Tou Xiong, (D) DFL-Maplewood, apologized for driving under the influence in a statement nearly a week after he was briefly jailed. Xiong was booked into Anoka County jail last Saturday and released the next day, according to jail records. He was charged with fourth-degree driving while impaired and operating a motor vehicle with a blood alcohol concentration over 0.08 within two hours after he was pulled over. The apology comes weeks after Hennepin County Sheriff David Hutchinson was sentenced for drunken driving.
21. 2/15/2022
An Albuquerque-based state representative Georgene Louis (D) has been arrested on suspicion of drunk driving and several other driving-related charges. According to Santa Fe County Jail records, Louis was booked at 5:46 a.m. Monday on charges of aggravated DWI, violating speed limits, and charged related to evidence of car registration and not having insurance. According to arrest records from the Santa Fe County Detention Center, Louis, 44, was booked on a no-bond hold early Monday morning. Louis, a Democrat, is a five-term state representative, representing parts of Albuquerque’s westside, officially known as District 26.
Louis acknowledged the arrest and apologized in a written statement Monday evening.
“I am sorry and I deeply regret my lapse in judgment. I know I let so many people down. I am accepting responsibility for my mistake. I am prioritizing my health, and I will work hard to regain the trust of my constituents, my community and my family.”
Louis chairs the House Government, Elections, and Indian Affairs committee. She’s also a standing member of two other House committees, including the House Judiciary and House Rules & Order of Business committees.
22. 3/3/2022
Rep. Suzi Carlson (R) is officially facing charges related to her January DUI arrest in Topeka.
Topeka Municipal Court records show that Carlson is now facing two charges:
- Driving under the influence with a Blood Alcohol Content level of .08 or greater within three hours
- Failure to maintain a single lane
The update comes after Carlson’s first appearance in municipal court on Tuesday, with Judge Karan Thadani presiding over the case. Officers with the Topeka Police Department stopped Carlson on Jan. 31 around 9 p.m. near Southwest 14th St. and Topeka Blvd. The department said its officers took her into custody on suspicion of DUI after “investigation and subsequent testing.”
23. 5/17/2022
A former state lawmaker who also once served as Wisconsin’s tourism secretary has pleaded guilty to failing to pay nearly $200,000 in employment taxes.
Sixty-year-old Kevin Shibilski (D), of Merrill, entered the plea in federal court Monday involving taxes owed on behalf of employees at two of his businesses, Pure Extractions and Wisconsin Logistics Solutions. Shibilski represented the 24th Senate District from 1995 to 2002, when he unsuccessfully ran in the Democratic primary for lieutenant governor. He later served as state tourism secretary under Gov. Jim Doyle.
In exchange for Shibilski’s guilty plea, the U.S. Attorney’s Office agreed to dismiss all other charges on which a grand jury indicted Shibilski in September 2020, including eight counts of wire fraud and storing and disposing of hazardous waste without a permit, according to court documents.
Shibilski originally was charged with conspiring to defraud the United States by not paying more than $850,000 in employment and income taxes, the Wausau Daily Herald reported.
According to the indictment, Shibilski, through his electronics recycling business, illegally stored and disposed of broken and crushed glass from cathode ray tubes that were considered hazardous material.
24. 1/25/2022
A Delaware lawmaker who came under fire last year for using a racist and sexist slur to refer to sex workers was arrested on shoplifting charges Tuesday, just days after announcing that he was resigning for health reasons.
Newark police said a warrant was issued Tuesday for Rep. Gerald Brady's (D) arrest on two counts of shoplifting, and that Brady, 65, turned himself in a few hours later. He was released on his own recognizance. Newark police said in a press release Tuesday that they received a report shortly after 5 p.m. on Jan. 12 of a shoplifting incident at an Acme grocery store. An employee told officers that he saw a man enter the store and recognized him from a Dec. 29 shoplifting incident that had not been reported to police. In the second incident, the employee was able to identify the suspect's car and get the license plate number, then watched him push a shopping cart full of merchandise past the registers and toward the exit, according to police. After being confronted by the employee, the man declined to pay for the merchandise, left the store and entered his car. Police were told that the suspect's vehicle had a General Assembly license plate bearing Brady's initials. After viewing a photo of Brady, the store employee confirmed that the vehicle owner and the suspect in the two incidents was the same person.
25. 4/22/2022
A Steuben County legislator implicated along with several other people in an alleged sex trafficking ring has pleaded guilty to a reduced charge. Legislator Steven Maio, a Corning Democrat, doesn't plan on stepping down from his position despite calls from across the political spectrum for him to resign. Maio, who was charged by New York State Police in August 2020 with soliciting a prostitute, was later indicted by a Steuben County grand jury for enterprise corruption, a felony, in connection with allegations of sex trafficking and other crimes in Steuben and Chemung counties. In New York, enterprise corruption is defined as "the commission of a number of individual criminal acts ... by a person who is employed by or associated with a criminal enterprise."
Maio pleaded guilty to soliciting prostitution, a misdemeanor, to satisfy the charges against him, according to Steuben County District Attorney Brooks Baker.
https://www.the-leader.com/story/news/crime/2022/04/27/steuben-county-legislator-maio-pleads-guilty-solicitation-wont-resign/9538201002/
New York: This page lists members of the New York State Legislature who have: (a) forfeited their seats due to felony convictions or pleas of guilty to felony charges; (b) been expelled from office by votes of their peers; or (c) been censured.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_New_York_State_Legislature_members_expelled_or_censured

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