Wright appears before Wake magistrate

Submitted by ryanteaguebeckwith on December 14, 2007 - 12:32pm.
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Rep. Thomas Wright appeared before a Wake County magistrate today.

The Wilmington Democrat turned himself in to authorities following his indictment this week on charges of swindling banks, corporations and campaign contributors of more than $350,000, Thomasi McDonald reports.

Wright, 52, faces five felony charges of obtaining property by false pretenses and one felony charge of obstruction of justice. He was released on $50,000 unsecured bond, as ordered by Wake Superior Court Judge Donald W. Stephens. 

At one point, he looked at a cluster of clicking cameras and reporters and said, "Gee, you'd have thought I had murdered somebody."

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Re: Wright appears before Wake magistrate

Submitted by teepack on December 15, 2007 - 9:43am.

He might not have murdered anybody, but his actions sure are helping kill the public's confidence in our state elected officials.

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