Tag: Mayor Mario Blount

Co-Defendant Sentenced in Drug Case Involving Bridgeport Mayor

A co-defendant has been sentenced in a drug case involving a former Bridgeport mayor.

Angela Davis of Bridgeport received an eight-month prison sentence on Wednesday in U.S. District Court in Clarksburg. The Exponent Telegram reports that U.S. District Judge Irene M. Keeley rejected a defense request for probation or a split sentence of house arrest and incarceration.

The 51-year-old Davis had pleaded guilty in September 2014 to an oxycodone/oxymorphone possession and distribution conspiracy. She was accused of conspiring with former Bridgeport Mayor Mario Blount to possess and distribute prescription painkillers.

Blount was sentenced in February to three years in prison for illegally distributing prescription drugs. He formerly worked as a pharmacist at a Bridgeport pharmacy.

Another co-defendant, Davis’ 24-year-old daughter, April Davis of Bridgeport, is serving five years’ probation.

Former Bridgeport Mayor Sentenced

Former Bridgeport Mayor Mario Blount will spend three years in prison for illegally distributing prescription drugs.

U.S. Attorney William J. Ihlenfeld II says the 52-year-old pharmacist was sentenced on Tuesday in U.S. District Court in Clarksburg.

Blount pleaded guilty last September to conspiracy to possess and distribute schedule II controlled substances, distribution of oxymorphone and false or fraudulent material omission.

Ihlenfeld says in a news release that Blount distributed prescription painkillers for no legitimate medical purpose and outside the scope of professional practice.

A task force raided pharmacies operated by Blount’s employer in October 2013 and he was arrested in June 2014.

Bridgeport Mayor Resigns Ahead of Plea Hearing

  Bridgeport Mayor Mario Blount has resigned ahead of a plea hearing on federal drug charges.

Blount announced his resignation Monday night at a City Council meeting. He apologized for not meeting what he called the standards that citizens expect from him as mayor.

Federal agents arrested Blount in June. He’s charged with conspiracy to possess and distribute schedule II controlled substances, distribution of oxymorphone and false or fraudulent material omission.

Blount is scheduled to appear in U.S. District Court in Clarksburg for a plea hearing on Friday. Last week, he filed for Chapter 7 personal bankruptcy.

Recorder Robert Greer will serve as acting mayor until the council holds a special meeting next week to replace Blount.

Bridgeport Mayor Indicted on Federal Drug Charges

Bridgeport Mayor Mario Blount has been indicted on federal drug charges. U.S. Attorney William J. Ihlenfeld II says the 51-year-old Blount was arrested Tuesday.

Blount is charged with conspiracy to possess and distribute schedule II controlled substances, distribution of oxycodone and failure to report the filling of a prescription.
 
The mayor, who is the owner of multiple Best Care Pharmacies,  is accused of illegally dispensing more than 11,000 oxycodone and oxymorphone pills over a period of about three years.
 
The grand jury also charged two other people with conspiring with Blount.

Messages left at his Bridgeport home were not returned.
 

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