Posted on 04/04/2023 8:04:19 AM PDT by Red Badger
BALTIMORE -- A weeks-long manhunt for fugitive Roy McGrath ended Monday evening with the former Maryland official shot dead in an encounter with law enforcement agents in Tennessee, according to McGrath's lawyer.
"The FBI has confirmed Roy's passing," attorney Joseph Murtha said. "It is a tragic ending to the past three weeks of uncertainty. I think it is important to stress that Roy never wavered about his innocence."
McGrath, ex-chief of staff to former Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan, was found near Knoxville, according to the FBI.
The FBI said they are reviewing an "agent-involved shooting" around 6:30 p.m. involving McGrath, who was taken to the hospital with injuries. Our media partner The Baltimore Banner reports McGrath died at the hospital.
"The FBI takes all shooting incidents involving our agents or task force members seriously," the FBI said in a statement. "In accordance with FBI policy, the shooting incident is under investigation by the FBI's Inspection Division."
It is unknown how authorities located McGrath.
Considered to be a fugitive by the U.S. Marshals after failing to show up to his federal fraud trial in Baltimore, McGrath has been on the run since March 13.
The U.S. Marshals Service and FBI combined to offer a $20,000 reward for information that led to McGrath's arrest.
McGrath was set to be tried on federal charges stemming from his time running the Maryland Environmental Service, a quasi-governmental state agency that provides services like wastewater management, composting and recycling.
Prosecutors said McGrath fraudulently obtained a severance payment of $233,647 when he left to take the job as Hogan's chief of staff in 2020, and falsified a document purporting to show the governor had approved of the payment.
He was also accused of falsifying time sheets while vacationing in Europe and stealing money for tuition for classes at Harvard.
McGrath was indicted in October 2021, and faces a maximum of 100 years in federal prison for charges that he illegally recorded former Gov. Hogan and stole hundreds of thousands of dollars from state government.
He was wanted on charges of failure to appear, fraud, theft of funds and falsifying records.
As the nationwide search for McGrath continued, a tell-all book was published 10 days after his disappearance, and a second book about his time at the Maryland Environmental Service was released last week.
Little could be confirmed about the author Ryan Cooper, but it is known McGrath told multiple people he was working on a manuscript.
And let that be a lesson to all who are criticizing the Bureau.
So how does this “crime” warrant a DEATH SENTENCE carried out by the FBI??
The CRIME that carries with it a Death Penalty - He was wanted on charges of failure to appear, fraud, theft of funds and falsifying records.
Maryland, Waste Disposal, Fraud, Bureau, Mob, Democrat Operatives
Dangerous crowd to mess with.
“the former Maryland official”
When I saw no mention of political party I knew it was a Democrat.
I notice the article doesn’t mention any armed resistance on the part of the deceased.
What about McGrath’s dog? Did it get away or was it suicided? /sarc
Roy McGrath knew too much.
Seems that a little knowledge really IS a dangerous thing...
EXACTLY what I was going to type!!
...which makes no sense because I thought the FIB only takes out republicans. The only explanation is that this guy was going to flip on some commie!
The only justification I can see for shooting him multiple times would have been if he was armed. Was he?
When you are on the lam, ditch your existing cell phone.
Was the dead guy armed when shot dead? Isn’t that a no-no?
FYI:
https://msa.maryland.gov/msa/mdmanual/08conoff/gov/staff/former/html/msa17146.html
He worked for Hogan(R). Not saying he cant be a democrat, but I think not.
Someone didn’t wnt this man talking
And so the fbi murders another person.
The FBI - We’re investigating ourselves to make sure we did it all properly.
Snicker. The whole organization is a joke that needs to be disbanned.
For less than a quarter million. Isn’t that about what Hunter Biden spent on whores and nose candy in a calendar quarter or so?
If he wasn’t before the shooting, he is “armed” now.
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