https://foxbaltimore.com/news/local/sun-former-strong-city-baltimore-leader-pleads-guilty-to-federal-bank-theft-charge

The former leader of a troubled Baltimore nonprofit pleaded guilty to a misdemeanor bank theft charge stemming from coronavirus relief funds that prosecutors said the organization obtained under false pretenses.

The plea deal reached Friday means that federal prosecutors will not try Reginald Davis, 42, on harsher wire fraud and money laundering charges lodged against the former Strong City Baltimore executive in 2023. He was scheduled to go on trial in mid-July.

The former leader of a troubled Baltimore nonprofit pleaded guilty to a misdemeanor bank theft charge stemming from coronavirus relief funds that prosecutors said the organization obtained under false pretenses.

The plea deal reached Friday means that federal prosecutors will not try Reginald Davis, 42, on harsher wire fraud and money laundering charges lodged against the former Strong City Baltimore executive in 2023. He was scheduled to go on trial in mid-July.

Davis’s defense attorney, Gerald Ruter, said in a statement that his legal team “did not believe Mr. Davis was guilty of wire fraud or money laundering” but “accepted responsibility and pled guilty to a misdemeanor.”