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		<title>Karl Fockler, State&#8217;s Atty Candidate, has $2 Million Debts, Wage Garnishment; Court Cites Conflicts in Brothers&#8217; Roles in Assault Case</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 19 Jun 2018 20:25:32 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[A CECIL TIMES SPECIAL REPORT Karl.H. Fockler, a candidate for Cecil County State’s Attorney in the June Republican primary, is under court-ordered garnishment of his salary as a prosecutor due to court judgements for millions of dollars in unpaid debts. If elected state’s attorney, he would get a major pay boost and would be in charge of managing a more than $2.4 million annual budget, virtually all of which is provided directly by county taxpayers. Multiple Circuit Court judgements, in Cecil County and other jurisdictions, total at least $1.8 million for unpaid debts against Fockler while another judgment against Karl Fockler and his wife, Suzanne, amounts to $473,014, bringing the total to over $2.3 million. Several other judgements or liens, including for unpaid state and federal taxes, were also filed but were subsequently listed as “satisfied,” or paid off, according to state court records. In addition, Karl Fockler and his brother, Edwin B. Fockler IV, an assistant public defender who is a candidate for a Cecil County Circuit Court seat in the June Republican primary election, recently insisted at a GOP candidates’ forum that their familial relationship would not be an ethics or conflict of interest issue if both were [&#8230;]]]></description>
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		<title>Updated Vote Counts Confirm Primary Election Results; Smigiel Blames Harris for his Delegate Seat Loss</title>
		<link>https://ceciltimes.com/2014/07/updated-vote-counts-confirm-primary-election-results-smigiel-blames-harris-for-his-delegate-seat-loss/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 07 Jul 2014 21:17:47 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Updated results from the June 24 primary elections, including provisional ballots and two rounds of absentee vote counts, confirm the initial election night results in Cecil County contests and the fight for a Delegate seat in District 36—with incumbent Michael Smigiel losing his seat by even more votes. While the state elections board had not yet certified the final results statewide, Cecil County (and the other three counties included in District 36) had completed their counts of all outstanding provisional and absentee ballots on Monday. The tallies confirm the election night winners of three Cecil County Council seats, the Sheriff’s race, State’s Attorney contest and three Delegate seats in District 36. For Cecil County Sheriff, Scott Adams expanded his strong majority in the Republican primary, picking up 79 votes from provisional and absentee ballots to tally 3,761 votes or 54.9 percent of all votes cast in the crowded five-candidate race. Chris Sutton picked up 38 votes in the post-election counts, for a total of 1,876 votes or 27.4 percent. In the Democratic primary for Sheriff, W. Danny Blackburn ended up with 1,145 votes in a four-way race, or 31.6 percent of the vote in that primary contest. For several days [&#8230;]]]></description>
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		<title>Cecil County State&#8217;s Attorney Hired Son for Job Same Day Dad Sworn in; Primary Campaign Challenger Questions Nepotism</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 13 Jun 2014 22:02:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Cecil County State’s Attorney E.D.E. (Ellis) Rollins III, who is seeking re-election to his post, hired his son as an investigator&#8211; who began work the same day his father was sworn into office&#8211; although he lacked the law enforcement experience of previous occupants of the position. The hiring has become an issue in the current Republican primary campaign. Ellis Rollins’ son, Kyle Rollins, was hired as an investigator in the State’s Attorney office on 1/3/11, according to county Human Resources Director Donna Nichols, who said his current salary is $53,664. He is scheduled to receive a 4.75 percent pay raise—including a 1.75 percent cost-of-living increase—effective 7/1/14, she added. The State’s Attorney’s office receives funds from Cecil County government as well as the state but its personnel policies come under the county government’s HR office, Nichols said. The county has an anti-nepotism policy regarding the “employment of relatives” but Nichols said it was determined that the elder Rollins would not be directly supervising his son. The elder Rollins told Cecil Times that there was an appellate court case that was “on point” that indicated there was no conflict in hiring his son for the position. He said he notified county officials—including [&#8230;]]]></description>
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