--- description: Patrick Cannon is accused of accepting bribes from undercover FBI agents title: Charlotte Mayor Resigns Amid Corruption Probe image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- * [U.S.](/section/us/) ## U.S. Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close * [corruption](/tag/corruption/) ## corruption Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Charlotte Mayor Resigns Amid Corruption Probe  by [Denver Nicks](/author/denver-nicks/)  ## Denver Nicks Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Mar 27, 2014 12:13 AM CUT  by [Denver Nicks](/author/denver-nicks/)  ## Denver Nicks Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Mar 27, 2014 12:13 AM CUT Charlotte, North Carolina mayor Patrick Cannon has resigned hours after being charged with federal public corruption and bribery following an FBI sting. Cannon, 47, is alleged to have accepted $48,000 in bribes from undercover FBI agents. Cannon’s resignation is effective immediately, a city spokesperson told the [Associated Press](http://bigstory.ap.org/article/charlotte-mayor-resigns-accused-taking-bribes "undefined"). Cannon said in a letter that he’s resigning because the charges would otherwise create too much of a distraction from the business of running the city, the AP reports. The U.S. Attorney said Cannon accepted cash, plane tickets, hotel stays and sought more than $1 million more in bribes. The Democrat had been mayor for six months. \[[AP](http://bigstory.ap.org/article/charlotte-mayor-resigns-accused-taking-bribes "undefined")\] ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/39599/charlotte-mayor-resigns-bribes/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/39599/charlotte-mayor-resigns-bribes/"},"headline":"Charlotte Mayor Resigns Amid Corruption Probe","datePublished":"2014-03-27T00:13:43.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-21T06:59:21.640Z","description":"Patrick Cannon is accused of accepting bribes from undercover FBI agents","url":"https://time.com/39599/charlotte-mayor-resigns-bribes/","keywords":["corruption","North Carolina","bribery"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Denver Nicks","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/denver-nicks/"}],"articleSection":"U.S.","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/us/","name":"U.S."}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/corruption/","name":"corruption"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/39599/charlotte-mayor-resigns-bribes/","name":"Charlotte Mayor Resigns Amid Corruption Probe"}}]}] ```