Former Prince George’s County Executive Jack B. Johnson (D) will be released from federal custody this week after serving more than five years on corruption charges.
Johnson, 68, is on home confinement after being moved from a federal prison in Cumberland to a halfway house in Baltimore in December. He will be on supervised release for three years after his formal release, according to Justin Long, a spokesman for the Federal Bureau of Prisons.
Johnson served as county executive from 2002 until December 2010. He pleaded guilty in 2011 to evidence tampering and destruction of evidence in a broad corruption scheme he was charged with masterminding. Prosecutors said he received more than $1 million in bribes. His wife, Leslie Johnson, and several developers, county officials and business executives also were implicated.
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