Arundel Exec Leopold guilty on 2 counts, suspended from office; Hammond named acting county exec

Anne Arundel County Executive John R. Leopold was found guilty of misconduct in office Tuesday for using his police protection detail to perform political duties and for requiring police and an aide to empty his catheter bag after surgery, and was suspended from office, the Annapolis Capital reported.

Leopold was cleared of another count of misconduct, which involved using his police detail to take him to meet a mistress in parked cars, and a count of fraudulent misappropriation by a fiduciary,…