CHARLOTTE, NC — We’re getting a better idea of the case the feds are building against ex-Charlotte mayor Patrick Cannon.
We have copies of search warrant receipts, which outline exactly what evidence FBI agents took the day of Cannon’s arrest.
Just minutes after his arrest, the FBI served several search warrants at Patrick Cannon’s home, the mayor’s office, and at Cannon’s business.
What were the feds looking for?
Details unsealed this week show a search for money, bank records, tax forms, cell phones, and one infamous briefcase.
The FBI took several interesting items from Cannon’s home in Ballantyne.
Agents found a Glock 20, 10 millimeter pistol and 14 rounds of ammo, along with a plastic bag filled with $7,680 in cash and pages of financial records. A cell phone, flash drive, and computers were also taken into evidence.
At the mayor’s office, the FBI found a brown Fossil carrying case: the one alleged to have contained $20,000 in cash for Patrick Cannon from an undercover agent. The FBI also recovered a Wells Fargo statement dated July 10, 2013. And an email from February 19, sent from a woman who works for a commercial real estate firm in Charlotte to the woman who set Cannon’s schedule.
Agents also went to Patrick Cannon’s business, EZ Parking in Uptown, and walked out with tax returns, bank statements, invoices, checks, and computers.
We still don’t know when Patrick Cannon will have his day in court, but the list of items seized gives some insight into the case the government is building against him.
Cannon faces up to 50 years in prison if he’s convicted. The grand jury meets again next week, but there’s no word if Cannon’s case will come up.
