The News & Observer reports that this week a federal jury in Charlotte convicted Greg Lindberg of attempting to bribe State Insurance Commissioner Mike Causey to give favorable treatment to Lindberg’s insurance business. As the News Roundup previously has noted, Lindberg was accused of working with Robin Hayes, the former chairman of the North Carolina Republican Party, to bribe Causey. Lindberg has been one of the largest political donors in North Carolina in recent years. Causey, who reported the attempted bribe to federal investigators, said in a statement following the conviction that it “show[ed[ that the Office of the Commissioner of Insurance is not for sale.” Keep reading for more news. YMCA Civil Suit. The Greensboro News & Record reports that a group of seven men who allege that a former Kernersville YMCA counselor sexually abused them when they were children have filed a civil suit against the Kernersville Family YMCA and its parent organizations, the YMCA of Northwest North Carolina and the YMCA of the USA, for failing to properly supervise the counselor. The former counselor, Michael Todd Pegram, pleaded guilty in state court last year to several counts of sex offense and indecent liberties. The abuse at the Kernersville YMCA is alleged to have occurred between 1988 and 2002. Gun in Jail. The Associated Press reports that this week federal authorities discovered a loaded handgun inside a housing unit at the Metropolitan Correctional Center, the detention center where Jefferey Epstein died by suicide last year. The gun was found [...]
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