Latest updates on Rev. Raleigh Trammell and the SCLC investigation

• FBI, prosecutors question local pastor in Trammell investigation
  6/25/10

  The FBI and Montgomery County prosecutors have interviewed a local pastor in connection to an investigation involving Rev. Raleigh Trammell and a group's misuse of tax exemption status.

• SCLC allowed Trammell to harass woman, commission says
  6/25/10

   

• Trammell group used false tax ID
  6/21/10

  A group run by the Revs. Raleigh Trammell and Wilburt Shanklin falsely claimed nonprofit, tax-exempt status for at least 12 years in applications they used to collect $1.

• County missed false claims by group that got $1.8M
  6/21/10

   

• SCLC power struggle moves back to court
  6/2/10

  The power struggle at the Southern Christian Leadership Conference moved back to court as a hearing began that will decide whether the Rev. Raleigh Trammell or his opponents get legal custody of the organization.

• Trammell removed as SCLC board chairman
  4/11/10

  Directors of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference voted on Saturday to end the Rev. Raleigh Trammell’s controversial six-year tenure as the organization’s national board chairman.

• Rival SCLC factions appear to be headed for showdown next week
  4/11/10

  Saturday’s vote to remove the Rev. Raleigh Trammell of Dayton as chairman of the national Southern Christian Leadership Conference board set the stage for a showdown next week between rival factions of the civil rights group.

• Friend tells Trammell to resign from leading SCLC
  4/3/10

  Bishop Richard E. Cox, a friend of embattled SCLC leader Raleigh Trammell, asked Trammell to step down from his position. Cox also announced his intention to lead a reorganized Dayton SCLC, along with local civil rights activist Keith Lander.

• Civic leaders rooting for SCLC to survive problems
  3/13/10

  The SCLC's leader is under investigation by the FBI, and its public funding has been cut off amid allegations of fraud. But despite all the troubles plaguing the Southern Christian Leadership Conference, local civic leaders hope the organization survives.

• SCLC may have to reinvent itself, experts say
  3/13/10

  Black academics, community organizers and others said that groups like the SCLC need to reinvent themselves to reach young people. They also cautioned against rushing to judge Rev. Raleigh Trammell until the legal process is finished.

• Local SCLC needs new leaders to restore its respect, activists say
  3/7/10

  Community activists say new leadership is needed in the local chapter of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference to reestablish trust in the organization. National SCLC directors called for current president Raleigh Trammell's resignation.

• SCLC directors call for Trammell's resignation
  3/6/10

  ATLANTA – A faction of the national directors of the SCLC met this morning in Atlanta and called for the resignation of Rev. Raleigh Trammell as both chairman of the national organization and the Dayton chapter.

• Turmoil continues for national SCLC
  3/5/10

  Some national directors of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference will meet Saturday morning in Atlanta to consider ousting Chairman Rev. Raleigh Trammell of Dayton, but others say the meeting is not legitimate and unauthorized.

• Common pleas court cuts ties with SCLC community service program
  3/6/10

  Montgomery County will no longer send probationers to do community service for Raleigh Trammell's Dayton SCLC chapter. The move came as the county prosecutor prepares to open an investigation into a feeding program operated by Trammell.

• Prosecutor agrees to investigate feeding program run by SCLC
  3/3/10

  Prosecutors have been asked to investigate possible fraud in a county-funded home feeding program run by Rev. Raleigh Trammel. The Dayton Daily News found Trammell's group billed the county for at least one client who has been in a nursing home for years.

• Georgia DA’s office begins formal SCLC investigation
  3/1/10

  A formal investigation has been launched by the Fulton County District Attorney's Office into alleged financial misconduct by The Rev. Raleigh Trammell and another top Southern Christian Leadership Conference official.

• United Way officials, FBI meet amid Trammell probe
  2/26/10

  United Way officials has given the FBI information about FEMA money awarded to the Dayton SCLC and the Interdenominational Ministerial Alliance. FBI agents are investigating the use of federal funds by the two groups run by the Rev. Raleigh Trammell.

• SCLC members subpoenaed for investigation; leaders support Trammell
  2/26/10

  Members of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference’s national executive board gave their full support to embattled Rev. Raleigh Trammell and national Treasurer Spiver Gordon on Thursday.

• Photos: SCLC board meets
  2/25/10

  Members of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference national executive board gave their full support on Thursday, Feb. 25, to Chairman Rev. Raleigh Trammell and Treasurer Spiver Gordon.

• Sloppy recordkeeping ends grants to SCLC
  2/25/10

  When state officials were deciding how to divvy up federal funding for 2010 criminal justice programs, they selected the Dayton chapter of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference, partly because it was the only faith-based group to apply.

• Last of taxpayer funds to SCLC cut
  2/25/10

  State officials have canceled more than $52,000 in criminal justice grants to the Dayton chapter of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference, cutting off the last taxpayer money to the civil rights group chaired by the Rev. Raleigh Trammell.

• County oversight of SCLC criticized
  2/24/10

  Montgomery County Commissioner Dan Foley admits the county "dropped the ball" in overseeing money used by the SCLC's local chapter. SCLC president Raleigh Trammell is under investigation for embezzling money from the organization.

• SCLC battered women’s shelter had little occupancy for years
  2/22/10

   A women's shelter run by the embattled Rev. Raleigh Trammell’s SCLC chapter appeared empty to neighbors and used little or no water, according to a Dayton Daily News investigation. Nearly $745,000 in taxpayer money has funded the safehouse since 1999.

• Loss of fed funds buoys local support for Trammell
  2/21/10

  Dayton’s Interdenominational Ministerial Alliance is seeing backlash for their association with embattled SCLC president Raleigh Trammell. IMA's president Rev. Wilburt O. Shanklin said he won't stop Trammell from overseeing IMA programs.

• McCarty: A true pillar of community can withstand scrutiny
  2/21/10

  SCLC president Raleigh Trammell has received much public praise as a "pillar of the community," but before the scandal involving Trammell's alleged misuse of federal funds, he was more often called a bully.

• Judge cuts off embattled SCLC treasurer
  2/10/10

  The Southern Christian Leadership Conference’s national treasurer no longer has access to SCLC funds, after an order was signed by a Fulton County judge Monday. Now two of three board members must sign any checks drawn on the organization's bank accounts. This is the latest chapter in an ongoing struggle of control of the civil rights group.

• Urban League president's departure unrelated to lost contract, chairman says
  2/19/10

  The chairman of the Dayton Urban League insisted Friday, Feb. 19, that the departure of the league’s president last week had nothing to do with contract problems with the county that were announced at the same time.

• 2 Trammell programs have funding rejected by board
  2/17/10

  Funding has been cut for two programs run by the embattled Rev. Raleigh Trammell’s Dayton-based non profit groups. The money was for a food pantry and a women's shelter that a Dayton Daily News investigation revealed have been closed since last summer.

• National SCLC officials request criminal investigation into Trammell
  2/3/10

  Southern Christian Leadership Conference officials are calling for a criminal investigation into embezzlement allegations against SCLC chairman Rev. Raleigh Trammell of Dayton and SCLC Treasurer Spiver Gordon. The two are accused of unauthorized expenditure of SCLC funds in excess of $560,000 since 2006. National SCLC board member Art Rocker said he plans to come to Ohio to present the evidence to authorities here.

• Dayton's Trammell reinstated as SCLC chairman
  1/22/10

  A judge has reinstated the former national Southern Christian Leadership Conference chairman Raleigh Trammell and treasurer Spiver Gordon. The two were removed last month after allegations of financial improprieties. The judge said the two would remain in those posts unless the board voted to remove them in the ways prescribed in the SCLC’s constitution and by-laws.

• Photos: FBI raids SCLC offices
  3/5/10

  The SCLC Dayton chapter was searched by FBI agents Thursday morning, Feb. 11. The head of the chapter, The Rev. Raleigh Trammell, is under investigation by the national SCLC.

• SCLC chairman Trammell under fire
  1/15/10

  Officials will scrutinize the use of taxpayer money by two local organizations that the Rev.

• Trammell was not suspended, he stepped down, lawyer says
  12/23/09

  The Rev. Raleigh Trammell wasn’t forced out as board chairman of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference — he voluntarily stepped aside while allegations of mismanagement of funds are investigated, the civil rights leader’s attorney said Wednesday, Dec.

• Trammell may have diverted at least $569,000 from SCLC
  1/14/10

  The Southern Christian Leadership Conference officials dismissed last month, including Dayton Chapter President Raleigh Trammell, may have diverted at least $569,000 of the civil rights group’s money to bank accounts they controlled, according to the new board chairwoman and documents obtained by The Atlanta Journal-Constitution.

• Two local SCLC board members voice support of Trammell amid accusations
  1/14/10

  The Rev. Raleigh Trammell said on Thursday, Jan. 14, that he has not misappropriated money.