Three face charges tied to Perdue campaign

[Freddie Stubbs]

Source: WRAL

RALEIGH, N.C. — Three people connected to Gov. Beverly Perdue's campaign were indicted Monday on charges stemming from an investigation into her campaign finances.

Trawick Hamilton "Buzzy" Stubbs, Julia Leigh Sitton and Peter Anthony Reichard are charged with obstruction of justice, and Stubbs and Sitton are also charged with certifying false campaign finance reports.

The State Board of Elections fined Perdue's campaign $30,000 last year for not reporting dozens of campaign flights aboard donors' planes during the 2004 and 2008 elections until late 2009.

Wake County District Attorney Colon Willoughby reviewed the information from the elections board's investigation and last fall asked the State Bureau of Investigation to look into the matter further to help him determine whether any criminal charges were warranted.

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