Cheryl Diane Glenn, Bribery, Maryland 2024

A former Baltimore Delegate has been sentenced to two years in federal prison for soliciting and accepting bribes in exchange for official actions taken on legislation related to medical marijuana.

Cheryl Diane Glenn, 68, of Baltimore, was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Catherine C. Blake to two years in federal prison, followed by three years of supervised release, for federal honest services wire fraud and bribery.

The sentence was announced by United States Attorney for the District of Maryland Robert K. Hur and Special Agent in Charge Jennifer C. Boone of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, Baltimore Field Office.

“Cheryl Glenn solicited and accepted more than $33,000 in bribes in exchange for official actions instead of doing her duty and putting the interests of the public above her own,” said U.S. Attorney Robert K. Hur. “We expect our elected officials to serve the public, not to use their positions of authority to line their own pockets. As this case demonstrates, we will work with our law enforcement partners to hold accountable those who betray the public trust. Cheryl Glenn will now pay the price for her greed by serving time in federal prison.”

According to her plea agreement, Glenn was a Maryland State Delegate representing District 45, which covered portions of Baltimore, from at least March 4, 2018, through February 11, 2019. During her tenure, Glenn served as the Chair of the Banking, Consumer Protection, and Commercial Law Subcommittee of the Economic Matters Committee; the Vice Chair of the Rules and Executive Nominations Committee; and the Chair of the Baltimore City Delegation, among other roles.

Glenn admitted that she accepted five bribes totaling $33,750 from an associate in exchange for voting in favor of a bill to increase the number of medical marijuana grower and processing licenses that were available to an out-of-state company; promising to lead the effort to change the law in order to provide a preference for Maryland residency to in-state medical marijuana license applicants; introducing legislation that decreased the number of years of experience required to be a medical director of an opioid maintenance therapy clinic; and introducing legislation that created a class B alcohol and liquor license in District 45.

The sentence includes the forfeiture of $18,750 and the payment of restitution in the amount of $18,750. Glenn will now serve her sentence in federal prison.

Source: https://www.justice.gov/usao-md/pr/former-baltimore-delegate-cheryl-glenn-sentenced-two-years-federal-prison-soliciting-and