Local 4 News has documentation showing that one of the key players in U.S. Rep. John Conyers’ petition mess is a wanted criminal, Rod Meloni reports.
His campaign employed a man with multiple arrest warrants awaiting him in other parts of the state.
Daniel Alexander Pennington broke into a Battle Creek home in 2009 at the age of 18. Court documents say he also stole valuables from the home. He was convicted and received a year in jail for his actions. Somewhere along the way he violated probation, didn’t show up for a court date and to this day there is a pending felony arrest warrant waiting for him in Battle Creek.
Police originally filed the arrest warrant in 2009 and renewed it in 2012. They couldn’t find him for a good reason, he’d left town. We know this because Lansing Police record numerous run-ins with Pennington at that time.
Pennington became a new item because he is in the midst of the controversy over whether Conyers has enough valid signatures to qualify for the Aug. 5 primary ballot.
