Indictment
In December 2003, Norris was indicted on three charges by U.S. Attorney Thomas DiBiagio. Two of the counts charged Norris had made illegal personal expenditures of over $20,000 to pay for expensive gifts, personal expenses, and extramarital affairs with at least six women from the Baltimore Police Department’s supplemental account. The third count alleged that he had lied on a mortgage application, stating that approximately $9,000 he received from his father was not a gift, as was stated in the loan, but a loan.
On March 8, 2004 Norris pled guilty to federal corruption and tax charges. Norris was sentenced to six months in federal prison to be followed by three years of supervised probation and ordered to perform 500 hours of community service.
Despite pleading guilty, Norris has stated that he believes he was politically railroaded by an overzealous prosecutor. In an October 9, 2006 newspaper article Norris admitted to using the money from the alleged accounts, but said that he paid it back in full before he left office to take the position of Maryland State Police Superintendent. "Even things that weren’t questionable I paid back."
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