1. Patrick DeAngelo Cannon was born on November 27,1966 and is an American politician and member of the Democratic Party who served on the City Council of Charlotte, North Carolina from 1994 through 2013 and was elected the city's 56th Mayor in November 2013.
On March 26,2014, Cannon was arrested on charges of accepting over $48,000 in bribes from undercover FBI agents posing as businessmen wanting to work with the city.
Patrick Cannon holds a certification from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Government.
Patrick Cannon was elected to the Charlotte City Council in 1993.
Patrick Cannon stepped down in 2005, but was reelected in 2009.
Patrick Cannon declared his candidacy in the 2013 mayoral election after Mayor Anthony Foxx declined to run again in order to become US Secretary of Transportation.
Patrick Cannon was sworn in as mayor on December 2,2013, at the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Government Center.
Patrick Cannon was arrested by the Federal Bureau of Investigation on public corruption charges of theft and bribery on March 26,2014, following an FBI sting investigation that dated back to 2010, when Patrick Cannon was a member of the Charlotte City Council.
Patrick Cannon was released on bond at his initial court appearance later that day.
On June 3,2014, Patrick Cannon pleaded guilty to one count of honest services wire fraud, which carried a sentence of up to 20 years in prison and a $250,000 fine.
Patrick Cannon made the following public statement after pleading guilty:.
Patrick Cannon was sentenced to 44 months in prison on October 14,2014.
Patrick Cannon began serving his sentence at the Federal Correctional Institution, Morgantown, a minimum-security facility in West Virginia, and was scheduled for release on January 25,2018.
On March 4,2022, Patrick Cannon announced an attempt to return to politics by filing to run for an at-large Charlotte City Council seat.