Longtime legislator accused of fraud | www.myajc.com

I’m guessing from the location for his press conference that it won’t be a mea culpa.

For nearly a decade, state Rep. Tyrone Brooks Sr. took donations from corporations and individuals, saying he wanted to help children learn to read, prevent crime and get African-Americans registered to vote.

But a 30-count federal indictment handed up Thursday accuses the Atlanta Democrat and longtime civil rights activist of taking almost $1 million of that money to pay for home repairs, dry cleaning, lawn service, entertainment and other personal uses.

Brooks was charged with mail, wire and tax fraud.

Brooks, first elected to the state House in 1980, said he will give a statement soon at the Moore’s Ford Bridge in Monroe, where two young black couples were lynched in 1946.

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