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BALTIMORE — Ten months after she was indicted, Baltimore Mayor Sheila Dixon has entered a courtroom — about a block from City Hall — as a criminal defendant.

The jury selection process in the trial of Mayor Sheila Dixon started Monday. Dixon is accused of stealing gift cards that were donated to the city for distribution to families in need.

Dixon, through attorney Arnold Weiner, pleaded not guilty Monday.

Dixon arrived at courthouse East shortly before 9:25 a.m. When asked by 11 News reporter Jennifer Franciotti if she had anything to say, Dixon didn’t respond. Franciotti asked Dixon how she felt, and Dixon replied “feel good.” Dixon was flanked by members of her executive detail.

Inside the building, 11 News reporter David Collins said Dixon was wearing a black suit, with a pink coat slipped over the back of her chair. She glanced at the prosecution team when it entered the courtroom. She was greeted by attorneys Weiner and Dale Kelberman, who are representing the mayor. Weiner introduced himself to the court and patted Dixon on the back while doing so, Collins said.

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  • http://www.blackplanet.com/Jeffrey1975/ Jeffrey1975

    Wow! Hopefully she is innocent. However, if she is not, remember, she is a politican.

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/mrvintage30535/ mrvintage30535

    what does being a politican have to do with it, it’s right or wrong and if she stole, her ass need to be locked up.

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/Jack_Stephen1/ Jack_Stephen1

    she’s too pretty to be guilty!

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/oxpro_music/ oxpro_music

    Wow! That’s what greed will do. I mean come on she’s a public official you know she’s getting a decent salary so there was no need for her to snatch up those cards. I bet the constituents didn’t even know that the Mayor’s office had gift cards to give and since the people were not informed of the Gift cards she may have felt she would do the community a favor and handle all that surplus cash herself(down payment on a new whip). Politicians!

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/Da_J_Rok/ Da_J_Rok

    Simply Pathetic

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/Stan_Vinyl/ Stan_Vinyl

    That is just rotten to the core!

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    does tha really suprise u?

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/ladywild/ ladywild

    “too pretty to be guilty’ – she looks like Jasmine Guy’s grandmammy

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/soveu34/ soveu34

    I hope this woman did not jeopardize her career for some bs gift cards especially with the type of money she makes. Please tell me this is just another witch hunt.

    Hmm interesting isnt is it just me or all the black political figures being put under a mircoscope while the non white officials are free to commit all kinds of white collar crimes, chaos, and never be questioned.

    smh-If you got something to lose you better be on your best behavior especially if you Black you get no second chances

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/TMAC_35000/ TMAC_35000

    Damn, I wonder who she was going to give those to.

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  • http://www.blackplanet.com/ericmckay/ ericmckay

    They’ve been trying to get her since she became Mayor. Her boyfriend too. Did they say how much the gift cards were worth, that they would go into her home and seize them? Innocent until proven guilty.

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/deshawn121/ deshawn121

    its already been proven because they have the items she purchased using the cards, a damn x box and playstation, that cheap b***h was buying gifts for family members, damn she gave alot of them jobs already and now she stealing money to give them gifts too damn. why did you get in office too get rich.im glad so many black politicians are getting arrested for bad conduct, they been potraying this image of fighting for black people when they were only fighting for themselves, the black ghettos are still bad and getting worse, the school system are worse, drugs and crimes are worse so what the hell are they doing, ok i get it stealing money and putting it in their freezers

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/_Jasper_/ _Jasper_

    pretty dont have s**t to do with it, to me she have been f**king up this city since she got in office, her attitude sucks, she have laid off so many ppl, she took the 1 trash day away to add one recycle day but for what, when you go into the city all you see is trash and it look worse then what it did when they had only 2 days. stupid just stupid, ppl in the city dont really recycle. i am glad i moved to the county, but that #%$#@ need to get her @#%$ together. i havent seen anything that have made this city better since she have been in office, all i have seen have been worse.

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