(The Center Square) – Threats to a state lawmaker, extortion, corruption and “willful misconduct and maladministration in office” are charges filed Monday in Superior Court by a state representative and four former employees of a sheriff in North Carolina’s largest metropolitan area.
Mecklenburg County Sheriff Garry McFadden, on the same day he agreed to testify before a General Assembly oversight panel, is expected to be probed by the State Bureau of Investigation upon request by District Attorney Spencer Merriweather. Rep. Carla Cunningham, D-Mecklenburg, said the sheriff, in a July 26 call, told the lawmaker “people of Mecklenburg County ‘would come after’ her” if she went through with how she planned to vote on a veto override.
The petition filed requests McFadden’s removal from office. He’s not given statements about the pending litigation. His appearance before the Oversight Committee of the state House of Representatives is scheduled for Jan. 29…