Monica Cannon-Grant, a once-celebrated local activist, pleaded guilty to multiple charges related to defrauding donors to her nonprofit, which received significant attention in the wake of George Floyd’s murder and other instances of police violence.

Cannon-Grant, 44, and her late husband, Clark Grant, were accused of spending the donated funds on personal expenditures including hotels, gas, restaurants, food deliveries, nail salons, and travel. The accusations also included fraudulently collecting unemployment benefits and pandemic relief funds.

Both were indicted on federal fraud charges in 2022. Grant was killed in a motorcycle crash a year later .

In federal court Monday, Cannon-Grant pleaded guilty to 18 fraud-related charges, including conspiracy to commit wire fraud and failu

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