Former Maryland state delegate Cheryl D. Glenn, who championed the creation of the state’s medical marijuana industry, pleaded guilty Wednesday to taking nearly $34,000 in bribes, including to push legislation that would benefit cannabis companies.
Glenn, 68, appeared in U.S. District Court in Baltimore weeks after she abruptly resigned from the legislature and the U.S. attorney for Maryland announced that she had been charged with federal bribery and wire fraud.
Glenn, a Democrat from Baltimore City, accepted cash payments in exchange for supporting measures to expand licensing for out-of-state marijuana companies, creating a preference for cannabis companies based in Maryland, relaxing the requirements to become an opioid clinic director and helping a businessperson obtain a restaurant liquor license in her legislative district.
She is at least the sixth former Maryland lawmaker convicted of fraud or bribery in the past two years. Most recently, former state delegate Tawanna P. Gaines, a Prince George’s County Democrat, admitted to using $22,000 in campaign donations to purchase fast food and pay for dental work, hairstyling and other personal expenses.
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