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Leslie Johnson Begins Prison Term

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Leslie Johnson has begun servigng a 13-month prison sentence n West Virginia./ Leslie Johnson has begun servigng a 13-month prison sentence n West Virginia./ Courtesy Photo

Former Prince George's County councilmember Leslie Johnson -- convicted of destroying evidence in her husband's pay to play scheme – has reported to the all-women Alderson Federal Prison.

Johnson reported Friday (March 9) to the facility in rural Western Virginia, that's known as "Camp Cupcake," and where TV hostess Martha Stewart served a sentence on federal charges.

Upon entering the facility, Johnson, 60, began serving a one –year and one-day sentence that was imposed late last year. She admitted in November 2011 to following her husband's instructions to flush a $100,000 check from a developer down a toilet and hiding nearly $80,000 in her under wear.

Johnson's is married to former Prince George's County Executive Jack Johnson, 63, who reported to prison in February after being convicted in the long-running scheme that netted him as much as $1 million in bribes and favors.

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