Having not just one but two well-wired lawyers on your side apparently doesn’t hurt.
While saying that “for once, I disagree with Mr. Graham,” Baltimore Circuit Court Judge Robert E. Cahill Jr. nevertheless sentenced William “Chris” McCollum to only six months in jail this afternoon after the political operative and ex-county employee was caught stealing $140,000 from two campaign committees.
State prosecutors had argued for five years of incarceration, with all but one year suspended, “given the long-term, systematic pattern of fraudulent acts and abuse of trust that McCollum engaged in while committing these crimes.”
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