马里兰州Del. Rick Impallaria charged with theft, misconduct in office

长期的州德尔·里克·伊普拉里亚（Rick Impallaria）的犯罪背景导致了过去辞职的呼吁 - 在检察官声称他滥用州资金以在他所在地区外支付“地区办公室”的费用，并被盗窃，挪用公款和不当行为。支付竞选筹款费用。

Impallaria, 59, is accused of a scheme in which the state paid $92,800 in rent over a decade. Prosecutors also say he used more than $2,400 in state funds for work related to campaign mailers in 2019.

The charges are the latest legal troubles for the Republican lawmaker, who was first elected in 2002 and represents parts of Baltimore and Harford counties.计划于8月15日出庭。

Impallaria通过电话到达，说：“我没有评论。”然后他挂断了电话。

他的律师史蒂文·D·西尔弗曼（Steven D. Silverman）在一份声明中说，代表们“一段时间以来一直意识到这些指控。”

“Having investigated the State Prosecutor’s version of facts as alleged in the indictment, along with interviewing over a dozen witnesses and reviewing the relevant documents, I can say in no uncertain terms that Delegate Impallaria has not violated either the letter or spirit of the law,” Silverman said.

Impallaria ran for reelection in last week’s primary election and lost to Del. Lauren Arikan in a redrawn district.

这些指控是由州检察官办公室周三在安妮·阿伦德尔巡回法院提起的，该机构处理公共腐败案件。

州检察官查尔顿·T·霍华德三世（Charlton T.“任何滥用公共信任的官员都必须负责。”

Prosecutors allege Impallaria used General Assembly funds to pay rent on an Essex building on Punte Lane that was purportedly for a district office, but is actually located outside his district. The building is next door to a cottage that Impallaria rented for his personal use. Both buildings were owned by the same landlord.

法庭文件显示，在有关期间，impallaria不付钱来租用小屋。租金分类帐表示大会每月付款在“地区办公室”和隔壁的私人小屋之间分配。

法院文件称，对“地区办公室”的搜索显示，它被用来存储代表的个人物品，包括卧室家具，折叠床，弹丸步枪和弹药，滑雪板和竞选材料。

此外，当局还说，2019年，Impallaria策划为办公家具创建发票，从未订购过。然后，他声称，他寻求向大会的报销，并在竞选邮件中使用了这笔钱。

在一份声明中，巴尔的摩县民主党人的马里兰州议长艾德里安·琼斯（Adrienne Jones）表示：“滥用国家资金是我们认真对待的问题。”

“We can’t comment in an ongoing case, but Speaker Jones expects every member of the House of Delegates to uphold the law and be honest stewards of taxpayer dollars,” said Jeremy Baker, her chief of staff.

2019年，马里兰州共和党要求Impallaria辞职, with members approving a resolution at an Ocean City convention stating that he was “unworthy of the title Delegate.” They pointed to past charges against him, and a case in which his campaign worker was fined for making illegal robocalls to voters that purported to be from the “National Center for Transgender Equality.”

Robocalls针对共和党人Del。KathySzeliga，他与Impallaria代表同一地区。Szeliga周三表示，云母应该辞职。

Szeliga说：“为了达到马里兰州代表的诚信，伊普拉里亚（Impallaria）应该辞职，并将注意力集中在他面临的法律麻烦上。”

2017年，Impallaria因在大洋城受损时被判犯有驾驶罪名被判处两天徒刑。

在1980年代，他被指控犯有谋杀罪的袭击，如果他被指控在他在乔普帕特（Joppatowne）的家中吵架之后，他被指控试图殴打四人，包括他的母亲和兄弟。他因电池充电而服刑三年。

www.my188.com巴尔的摩太阳记者汉娜·加斯基尔（Hannah Gaskill）为这篇文章做出了贡献。