WASHINGTON – A grand jury indicted Virginia Del. Joe Morrissey on four felony counts, including forgery, CBS 6 reports. The Henrico grand jury indicted him on charges of forgery and perjury related to a document used in his recent trial on contributing to the delinquency of a minor charges.
Morrissey’s four new counts are attached, include felony uttering forged public record and perjury. #vagov pic.twitter.com/1vUQ3a1RQw — Joe St. George (@JoeStGeorge) January 21, 2015
The indictments are for the following charges:
- Felony uttering a forged public record;
- Felony conspiracy to utter forged record;
- Felony inducing perjury
- Perjury.
Morrissey, who was re-elected while serving a six-month sentence for a sex scandal conviction, is scheduled to appear in court on the new charges Feb. 9. Morrissey was convicted last month of contributing to the delinquency of a minor. Prosecutors accused him of having sex with a 17-year-old girl who worked for him as a receptionist. Morrissey and the teenager, now 18 and pregnant, have denied it. The alleged forged document was purportedly a court order involving the family of the teenager, The Washington Post and CBS 6 report. The Associated Press contributed to this report. Follow @WTOP on Twitter and WTOP on Facebook.