Calif. gov candidate Donnelly (R) admits past larceny conviction, calls it a 'prank'
Source: Sacramento Bee
Republican gubernatorial candidate Tim Donnelly, who previously denied having any criminal record before carrying a gun into an airport in 2012, was convicted of larceny in Michigan in 1985, The Bee has learned.
The candidate's conviction, which carried three years of probation and a $200 fine, came at the end of Donnelly's freshman year at University of Michigan. He left the school, moved to California and enrolled at University of California, Irvine, that fall.
Donnelly, asked earlier this month about any criminal record in Michigan, where he grew up, or any other state, said he had never been convicted of a crime before the incident at the airport two years ago.
... Donnelly, asked by The Bee earlier Wednesday about the incident, called into the conservative "John and Ken" show in Los Angeles to pre-empt the report. He told the radio hosts the incident was an insignificant "prank" that happened years ago.
Read more: http://blogs.sacbee.com/capitolalertlatest/2014/03/tim-donnelly.html
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