Legal Industry News
January 29, 2010
Group of N.C. Attys Busted on Bizarre Drunk Driving Case Scheme
On Monday, a band of Johnston County, North Carolina lawyers pleaded guilty to criminal charges of fixing a slew of drunk driving cases in order to make them disappear. The strangest thing – most of those involved in the scam didn’t really get anything out of it.
The main characters in the case are former prosecutor Cindy Jaeger, a handful of local attorneys, and a deputy Superior Court clerk. Prosecutors say that, with Jaeger’s help, the lawyers and clerk wiped away drunk driving charges for dozens of defendants. Right before Jaeger resigned, she was “bombarded” with requests for dismissals, which she…
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