City councilwoman, developer charged with bribery

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A Baltimore City councilwoman and a prominent city developer who once dated Mayor Sheila Dixon professed their innocence Wednesday after a grand jury probing corruption at City Hall indicted them earlier in the day on bribery charges.

“I am confident that justice will be served in this case and I will be exonerated of these charges,” Baltimore City Councilwoman Helen Holton, D-8th District, said in a statement.

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