Birmingham AL Mayor Larry Langford, arrested, jailed on federal charges (Wizbang Politics)

It all went down early this morning.

Birmingham Mayor Larry Langford was arrested this morning on federal charges and is being held at the federal courthouse, the FBI and other federal officials confirm.
A special grand jury for several months has been investigating county bond deals and Langford's financial dealings. Langford was Jefferson County Commission president 2002-06.

Al LaPierre, a close friend of Langford's who also was part of the federal investigation, will be surrendering today, said his attorney, Tommy Spina.

David McKnight, Montgomery banker Bill Blount's attorney, said Blount is on his way to Birmingham from Montgomery to surrender.

Note how no mention is made of Langford being a Democrat. I found that out by checking Wikipedia.

When a elected politician gets arrested, my first inclination is to believe the charges. There are more articles, here and here, describing what Mayor Langford is being accused of.

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