Stephen A. LaRoque

"Stephen Alexander LaRoque" was a Republican member of the North Carolina General Assembly. He represented the state's 10th House district, including constituents in Greene County, Lenoir and Wayne counties. A business owner from Kinston, North Carolina, LaRoque served three terms.

LaRoque was defeated in the May 2012 Republican primary by John Bell.[1]

LaRoque was supposed to have redirected loans from the U.S Department of Agriculture to small business owners in rural areas with limited access to capital, instead he took $300K for himself. He was indicted by a federal grand jury "on charges that he misappropriated money from a federal program..."[2] LaRoque resigned from the legislature in July 2012.[3] He was convicted on 12 counts including theft, money laundering and filing false tax returns. (2013) [4][5]

On August 1, 2013, two of the twelve counts were set aside by U.S. Senior District Court Judge Malcolm Howard, due to juror misconduct, and a new trial was ordered on those charges.[6][7]

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