A lawyer for an ex-aide to a Maryland governor says that the person is dead
Indictment of former Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan, Jr. Roy McGrath, a Top aide to the Governor, and an organization that denies any wrongdoing
Former Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan’s one-time chief of staff Roy McGrath has died after a nationwide manhunt for him ended Monday in a confrontation with the FBI in Knoxville, Tennessee, according to McGrath’s attorney.
The FBI confirmed that Roy died from injuries he sustained earlier in the evening. It is a tragic ending to three weeks of uncertainty,” Attorney Joseph Murtha told CNN in a statement. “I think it is important to stress that Roy never waivered about his innocence.”
William Brennan, an attorney for his wife, said that he was absolutely distraught when he heard about the death of her husband.
The FBI did not say if or when McGrath, who was a top aide to a former Maryland governor, was hospitalized.
McGrath was initially charged with wire fraud and embezzlement from an organization receiving more than $10,000 in federal benefits, and a superseding indictment returned in June 2022 also charged him with falsifying records. On the state level, he faced felony theft charges and a violation of the state’s wiretap law, the Justice Department said.
The indictment also alleged that McGrath directed MES funds to an art museum for which he was a member of the board of directors so as to avoid paying for a pledge out of his own pocket, defrauded MES to pay for a tuition expense of more than $14,000 and falsified time sheets during two vacations.
Murtha, 30, of Baltimore, died after a day in the life of a Baltimore politician charged with wire and embezzling corruption
BALTIMORE — A former Maryland political aide wanted on corruption charges died Monday after he was wounded while being confronted by law enforcement agents, his lawyer said, following a manhunt that was launched when the man failed to appear for trial.
Murtha said that he believed his friend, who was moving to Naples, Florida, was planning to fly to Maryland the night before he failed to appear at the Baltimore federal courthouse. Instead of beginning jury selection, a judge issued an arrest warrant and dismissed prospective jurors.
If convicted of the federal charges, he would have faced a maximum sentence of 20 years for each of four counts of wire fraud, plus a maximum of 10 years for each of two counts of embezzling funds from an organization receiving more than $10,000 in federal benefits.
