Bidenflation Claims Another Vcitim - Delaware State Rep Gerald Brady (D)

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Newark Police on Tuesday charged state Rep. Gerald Brady of Wilmington with two misdemeanor counts of shoplifting from an Acme store in Newark. Police said Brady stole a shopping cart full of merchandise from Acme on Suburban Drive in Newark on Jan. 12 and Dec. 29. In a statement on Friday, Brady, announced he will resign from his legislative position, which he has held for 16 years, by Feb. 4. In the statement, the 65-year-old lawmaker said he has been suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder and did not mention the criminal allegations.

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Around 5:20 p.m. on Jan. 12, an Acme employee called police to report a shoplifting incident from the store 15 minutes prior, police said. A man was pushing a shopping cart full of merchandise past the registers and toward the exit. The employee confronted him, but the man refused to pay and left the store, police said. The employee said he recognized the man from a shoplifting incident before on Dec. 29, though that incident had not been reported to police at the time. The employee recorded the man's license plate number and was able to confirm Brady was the vehicle's owner, since his license plate was a Delaware State Representative plate containing his initials. The employee also looked at a photo of Brady and confirmed he was the suspect, police said. The total value of the merchandise was less than $200 in each incident, police said. They did not specify in the release what Brady took.

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On Monday, Brady also resigned from his position as the executive director of the ALF-CIO, according to its president James Maravelias. The ALF-CIO is a powerful labor organization with significant influence on the Delaware Democratic Party.

Brady's resignations come six months after he faced calls to step down over a separate controversy, which erupted after the public learned of an email he sent in June that used a racist and misogynistic phrase to describe Chinese women who are sex trafficked through the Port of Wilmington.

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Brady's left-leaning district includes Trolley Square. The lawmaker championed bills in 2019 and 2021 to limit plastic shopping bag usage at retail and grocery stores.

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