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STATE LEGISLATURE
Kensington's Al Carr to Fill Lawton's House Seat
Gov. Martin O'Malley (D) yesterday announced the appointment of Kensington Town Council member Al Carr to serve out the term of the late Democratic delegate Jane E. Lawton in District 18.
Carr, who was first elected in Kensington in 2002, is scheduled to be sworn in by Speaker Michael E. Busch (D-Anne Arundel) in the House chamber Thursday. He was nominated by the Montgomery County Democratic Central Committee from a field of five candidates to succeed Lawton, who died of an apparent heart attack late last month.
Carr had the support of influential Democrats, including O'Malley's labor secretary, Tom Perez, a former County Council member.
Carr, a telecommunications businessman, ran unsuccessfully last year for the seat that includes parts of Chevy Chase and Silver Spring. He is a board member of the District 18 Caucus and the African American Democratic Club of Montgomery County.
Carr is the fourth Montgomery legislator appointed to the General Assembly in the past year.
-- Ann E. Marimow
MONTGOMERY COUNTY
Moonlighting Police Officer Pleads Guilty to Misconduct
A Montgomery County police officer charged with felony theft on suspicion of accepting payment from a part-time employer during hours that overlapped with his police duties entered a guilty plea yesterday to the lesser charge of misconduct in office, a misdemeanor.
Scotty Arnold, 42, was one of two officers indicted in what became known as the "double-dipping" investigation. His plea means that only one of the 10 officers charged criminally might go to trial. The remaining eight have pleaded guilty, two to felony theft and six to misconduct in office.
