Saginaw City Council member, recent candidate for office convicted on election forgery charges [View all]
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.
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