Bladen political operative makes federal court appearance
WILMINGTON — A Bladen County political operative at the center of an absentee ballot fraud investigation made his first court appearance Monday on federal charges related to campaign work.Leslie McCrae Dowless Jr. was assigned a public defender and can remain free pending trial, according to a written summary of hearing activities before U.S. Magistrate Judge Robert Jones Jr. in Wilmington.A grand jury last month indicted Dowless on four counts related to […]
