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RandySF

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Sat Jun 28, 2025, 05:07 PM Saturday

Saginaw City Council member, recent candidate for office convicted on election forgery charges

A jury on Friday convicted Saginaw City Councilwoman Monique Lamar-Silvia and Eric Eggleston, a former candidate for the council, on multiple felony charges for forging signatures on a nominating petition for the latter’s candidacy in 2024.

Both faced a jury trial in Saginaw County Circuit Court. Following deliberations, the jury convicted Eggleston and Lamar-Silvia on one count of conspiracy to do a legal act in an illegal manner and one count of election law forgery, both five-year felonies.

Eggleston was additionally convicted of a 93-day misdemeanor for signing a nominating petition as a circulator, even though he was a candidate for office.

Lamar-Silvia was also convicted on one count of signing multiple different names on a nominating petition, a five-year felony, and one count of signing a nominating petition with a name other than her own, a 93-day misdemeanor.





https://michiganadvance.com/briefs/saginaw-city-council-member-recent-candidate-for-office-convicted-on-election-forgery-charges/

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