Sixth District County Council member Leslie Johnson faces a June 30 court hearing.(Photo Courtesy of the Prince George's County Council.)Prince George's County Council member Leslie Johnson plans to plead guilty during a June 30 slated for 10 a.m. at the U. S. District Court in Greenbelt.
Johnson, 59, was arrested last November in an FBI sting alongside her husband, former County Executive Jack Johnson, at their Mitchellville, Md., home.
The former administrative judge has been charged with witness tampering and destruction of evidence after she followed instructions from her hushand to flush a $100,000 check from a developer down a toilet. At the time of her arrest, Leslie Johnson had also frantically tucked nearly $80,000 in her underwear.
If convicted, the 6th District Council representative could be forced to step down.
Jack Johnson, 63, who pleaded guilty in May to charges in an a pay-to-play scheme that include extortion and evidence tampering, will be sentenced in September.