BALTIMORE _ The FBI seized about two dozen items when agents searched City Hall, including copies of then-Mayor Catherine Pugh's "Healthy Holly" books, a check from the University of Maryland Medical System and materials about Pugh aide Gary Brown Jr.
Baltimore officials Wednesday released a list of 22 items seized by the agents during the April 25 raid.
Among the items seized were a computer, an iPad, five compact discs, settlement paperwork for Pugh's home in Ashburton and a $100,000 check to the Healthy Holly LLC from the University of Maryland Medical System.
The FBI also seized documentation of income and pay sheets for Brown, a Pugh aide who was previously convicted of violating campaign finance laws.
The FBI seized a notebook with financial information about the mayor's "Squeegee Corps" program to hire kids who wash windshields at city intersections for tips. Records previously obtained by The Baltimore Sun showed Grant Capital Management was the largest single contributor to an account at the Baltimore City Foundation labeled "Squeegee Corps," donating $50,000 on Aug. 31, 2018. The company also paid Pugh $100,000 for "Healthy Holly" books, but company boss J.P. Grant has said he did not know what was done with the money.
Pugh resigned last week, apologizing for the harm she has caused to the city's image amid a growing scandal over her sales of the self-published "Healthy Holly" children's book series.
U.S. Magistrate Judge J. Mark Coulson signed the warrant authorizing the searches at City Hall.
The documents released Wednesday included a subpoena to the Mayor's Office of Employment Development. It ordered an unspecified representative of the office to appear May 30 before a grand jury at U.S. District Court in Baltimore. The subpoena asked that the representative bring all records related to the Maryland Center for Adult Training, using its previous name of the Maryland Center for Arts and Technology.
The Sun reported Wednesday that the job-training nonprofit has reported to Maryland regulators that three prominent city residents _ a state senator, a former Baltimore Colts running back and a well-known attorney _ have served on its board of directors, which Pugh chaired for a decade. All three told the Sun they are not _ and never have been _ board members of the center.
