5 were indicted in alleged ballot fraud scheme. A week later, 4 have been arrested.
RALEIGH — In the week since a Wake County grand jury indicted five people on charges related to an alleged ballot-harvesting scheme in Bladen County, four of the accused have been arrested. The State Bureau of Investigation arrested the alleged ringleader, Leslie McCrae Dowless, a 63-year-old political operative and elected official, last week. He made his initial appearance in court Tuesday, Wake County District Attorney Lorrin Freeman said. Dowless […]
