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Y'all. We won.

— Jason Dozier (@jasonsdozier) December 1, 2021

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I am honored to serve as your next councilman. This campaign wasn’t about an individual but to build a better future for us all. This was to show that a young man from Cleveland Avenue belongs at 55 Trinity Ave. I am excited to put this district first and lead us into the future. pic.twitter.com/gyK1AqdQfU

— Antonio Lewis (@antoniolewisatl) December 1, 2021

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This outcome was already teased by Lary’s attorney, Dwight Thomas.","_id":"4GMPPURGPRB5TLQHCFRRISVZIQ","additional_properties":"comments":[],"_id":"RRPEICCZNFB2JPDCYCSZ3UH7BQ","type":"interstitial_link","content":"Stonecrest mayor faces 3 federal charges in pandemic relief fund scandal","url":"https://www.ajc.com/neighborhoods/dekalb/breaking-stonecrest-mayor-appears-in-federal-court-in-wake-of-pandemic-relief-fund-scandal/CK7T2KVMOJBO3OCDIE5NJQ2SYM/","_id":"Y3RH555XGREHJHNTLNIMG5X64U","additional_properties":"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1638450104917,"type":"text","content":"“He accepts full responsibility,” Thomas said in court Nov. 10, “and there won’t be a jury trial.”","_id":"ZYDS6QIPFFDNBK7Y6W3OVTKXZU","additional_properties":"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1638451724388,"type":"text","content":"Lary, 59, waived his right for the case to go before a grand jury. 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In public meetings after his court appearance, he maligned city staff as “lazy” and “inept,” asked why other city officials got paid more than him and implied he has no intentions to step down.","_id":"2YW6QU2G5FCD3NZ6SHCL7TI6TU","additional_properties":"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1638450104920,"type":"text","content":"“I’m the mayor of the City of Stonecrest and will be until the people say I’m not or until some other entity says that I’m not,” Lary said during a Stonecrest Housing Meeting that took place hours after the Nov. 10 arraignment.","_id":"DDBW4KKHANDYNI2QOEBGDI6YYU","additional_properties":"comments":[],"_id":"54OSH2WE4FBMNBNLOZNSAXYHJY","type":"interstitial_link","content":"Hours after federal criminal charges, Stonecrest mayor calls city staff ‘inept’","url":"https://www.ajc.com/neighborhoods/dekalb/hours-after-federal-criminal-charges-stonecrest-mayor-calls-city-staff-inept/HKU7O5ON4BBQNHLGH4G3HRGWME/","_id":"6JKSQKQYKRAYVOMOFTSG66BKKE","additional_properties":"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1638450104922,"type":"text","content":"Lary isn’t the only person charged in this case. Lania Boone, 60, a bookkeeper for the company hired by Stonecrest to distribute the federal funds, was also arraigned on a conspiracy charge. She’s the wife of Clarence Boone, the city’s former economic development director who was fired as a result of investigations in the city’s relief program.","_id":"2MG6K7SV2NAEPGQGY5KS3TSASU","additional_properties":"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1638450104923,"type":"text","content":"Court records do not show a scheduled hearing in her case.","_id":"WQQZSIF5AFDCTFUXS63FNQSDUM","additional_properties":"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1638450104924,"type":"text","content":"Stonecrest received $6.2 million in Coronavirus Aid, Relief and Economic Security (CARES) Act funds, and the two are accused of taking some of the funds for themselves. Lary allegedly had the city improperly enter into a contract with a recently founded nonprofit, Municipal Resource Partners Corporation, to distribute the city’s funds as a way to siphon money toward himself and cohorts.","_id":"2QIVGKDQKZGO3M5PCPQ4C5QOQA","additional_properties":"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1638450104925,"type":"text","content":"In a prior news release, federal prosecutors said Lary “allegedly worked behind the scenes to assist MRPC, including by recruiting its CEO, opening its bank accounts and ensuring that Lania Boone would be hired as MRPC’s bookkeeper.”","_id":"KHFR65EJ4JG5PILXSKTPGWFZQU","additional_properties":"comments":[],"_id":"CLA7EZRGDJEXXAF33XBQDHIPFI","type":"interstitial_link","content":"Pandemic relief meant for Stonecrest businesses lost in city hall turmoil","url":"https://www.ajc.com/news/pandemic-relief-meant-for-stonecrest-businesses-lost-in-city-hall-turmoil/EJ3UZKAZ35BPJNILCIVCE4C2NU/","_id":"7J5T3F7F4BCGLMLT6O3NATHRAI","additional_properties":"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1638450104927,"type":"text","content":"Small businesses that applied for financial relief were asked on an application form if they’d be willing to give 25% of the grant to one of three companies to market their business. 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The church was told it would be for pandemic-related rent assistance, but Lary allegedly used the funds to pay off his own property expenses and his dues to the Georgia Campaign Finance Committee.","_id":"KFA6YJCTAFEP7NNVUTESTINOPY","additional_properties":"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1638450104930,"type":"text","content":"Prosecutors also found that $108,000 of relief funds were used to pay off the mortgage on a lakefront home owned by Lary, while another $7,600 was used to pay college tuition and rent for Boone’s son.","_id":"DDDZO7EIIBEULEKAMEAFXH2QQU","additional_properties":"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1638450104931,"type":"text","content":"BJay Pak, the former U.S. attorney for Atlanta, previously told the AJC that prosecutors would likely recommend a sentence that includes prison time. 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