A manhunt is underway for the former chief of staff to ex-Maryland Republican Gov. Larry Hogan after he failed to appear in federal court Monday for the start of his corruption trial.
McGrath’s lawyer, Joseph Murtha, said he last talked to his client on Sunday — when they had what he called a “substantively productive conversation” — and expected to see McGrath in court.he hasn’t been able to reach McGrath, 53, since Sunday night, when McGrath was scheduled to board a plane near his home in Florida for a flight to Maryland.
On Tuesday, law enforcement agents were scouring the neighborhood and home of McGrath in Naples, Fla., and the US Marshals Service has declared him a “fugitive.” that include wire fraud, embezzlement, misconduct in office and improper use of state funds. Prosecutors say McGrath got the agency’s board to approve the payment by falsely telling them Hogan was aware of the severance package and had approved of it.