Baltimore Mayor Catherine Pugh, currently under fire for a bizarre scandal in which she allegedly awarded city contracts to those who purchased bulk orders of…
Baltimore Mayor Catherine Pugh, currently under fire for a bizarre scandal in which she allegedly awarded city contracts to those who purchased bulk orders of her children’s book, had her home and office raided Thursday- and according to one report, she has fled the state.
On Thursday morning, a joint FBI/IRS raid searched Pugh’s office, the nonprofit that she formerly led, and at least two of her residences, although the mayor has not been arrested or charged with a crime. And, per Baltimore’s CBS affiiliate while Pugh was present for the raid, she has since fled the state, and it appears no one knows exactly where she is.
Pugh has been on a leave of absence for the last several weeks, while she recovers from pneumonia.
Elected in 2016 as Baltimore’s 50th mayor, Pugh’s mayoralty has been engulfed this spring by a scandal involving, of all things, children’s book sales.
