BRIDGEPORT, W.Va. -- A north-central West Virginia mayor facing drug charges has filed for personal bankruptcy.
Bridgeport Mayor Mario Blount filed for Chapter 7 liquidation bankruptcy on Friday.
The Exponent Telegram (http://bit.ly/1rW4eXT ) reports that Blount's filing lists $185,432.84 in assets and more than $1.5 million in liabilities.
Blount is charged in a federal information with conspiracy to possess and distribute schedule II controlled substances, distribution of oxymorphone and false or fraudulent material omission.
The mayor is a pharmacist. His bankruptcy lawyer Tom Fluharty, tells the newspaper that the mayor is currently working as a roofer because he hasn't been able to work as a pharmacist.
In the criminal case, U.S. District Judge Irene Keeley has scheduled a change of plea hearing for Sept. 12.
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