According to a statement from the FBI, Roy C. McGrath, a wanted top adviser to former Maryland Governor Larry Hogan (R), was in Knoxville, Tennessee on Monday. When officials met him, he was shot and killed.
According to the statement, “the FBI is looking into an incident involving an agent firing at around 6:30 p.m.” Roy McGrath was hurt during the arrest and sent to the hospital. any shooting occurrences involving police officers.
A 21-day manhunt has been conducted for McGrath since he skipped court in Baltimore. McGrath, 53, was scheduled to appear in court on March 13 to answer to accusations of wire fraud and embezzlement after being last contacted by lawyer Joseph Murtha. He is accused of posing as a member of a Maryland family. Financial shortcomings of quasi-state institution leaders.
McGrath, who has had a longstanding interest in politics, advanced to become one of Hogan’s most trusted advisors before it was revealed by the Baltimore Sun that he had been paid over $250,000 in settlement when he left the Maryland agency in 2020 to become Hogan. Root consultant. Supreme Counsel. The information spurred parliamentary hearings, which Hogan had referred to as a “witch hunt” in a message to McGrath, but it also caused a split between the two men.
A week after Roy McGrath vanished, an e-book titled “Betrayal: The Real Story of Roy McGrath” was unexpectedly released on Amazon.com. Hogan is held solely responsible for the relationship’s failure. McGrath is portrayed in the book as a “hard-working” hero who has “no record of inappropriate behavior in his life.”
Ryan Cooper, who is named online as the book’s author, got in touch with a Washington Post reporter and claimed to have written the book based on drafts McGrath had made and “about half a dozen talks” with him. He refused to give The Post any information that would have allowed The Post to confirm his identity, claiming he had no connection to McGrath or the person McGrath was pretending to be. The guy responded, “I didn’t hear anything from him, and worse, it scared me. He is not the type to vanish.
Murtha said that, prior to McGrath’s discovery, he had last spoken to his client on the phone the day before the trial. They were supposed to meet the following morning at 8:45 a.m. outside the court. McGrath intends to testify in his own defense, according to Murtha. I worry most about his safety.
Indicted in 2021, McGrath was accused of deceiving authorities about receiving severance money from the Maryland Department of Environmental Services (MES), where he served as executive director.