Jack johnson wife arrested
The wife of former Prince George's County Executive Jack Johnson pleaded guilty Thursday to conspiracy to commit witness and evidence.
Checks flushed and cash stuffed in underwear..
PRINCE GEORGE'S COUNTY, Md. (WJZ/AP) ―Checks flushed and cash stuffed in underwear. All part of a frantic phone conversation investigators say Prince George's County Executive Jack Johnson and his wife had Friday morning at the FBI was knocking on their front door.
Kelly McPherson explains the charges Johnson is facing.
Prince George's County's top official and his wife were accused Friday of tampering with evidence after agents tapping his cell phone heard him tell her to flush a $100,000 check from a developer down the toilet and hide nearly $80,000 cash in her underwear as FBI agents were at their door, according to an affidavit.
County Executive Jack Johnson, whose second term expires next month, and his wife, Leslie, who was recently elected to the County Council, were charged with witness and evidence tampering and destruction, alteration and falsification of records in a federal investigation.
Jack Johnson said Friday night he was innocent of the charges.
Jim Kare