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Dalton Roberson Jr. campaigns for city council in June 2009 at a Detroit restaurant.
Stealing is bad. Stealing from the poor and from charities is beyond that.
A prominent former Wayne County judge and his wife are charged with embezzling funds from a Detroit nonprofit organization where he worked, Matt Helms of the Detroit Free Press writes.
The Wayne County Prosecutor's Office announced Friday that Dalton Roberson Jr., 42 , and his wife, Jakeema Roberson, 41, face charges of diverting $77,000 from Michigan Community Resources, a group that provides legal assistance and other support services to nonprofit community groups that serve low-income individuals and communities, the Freep reports. The couple is charged with opening fraudulent bank accounts from 2012-14 in a scheme to steal the money.
Roberson is the son of former Chief Recorder's Court Judge Dalton Roberson. He is the brother of Portia Roberson, an appointee of Mayor Mike Duggan. He ran for city council in 2009 with the slogan "Integrity in Politics."
An arraignment is set for Sept. 22.
