Examiner

Maryland State prosecutors eyeing an indictment against Mayor Sheila Dixon will have their last shot with the current grand jury today.

Two days after indicting Dixon’s ex-boyfriend Ronald Lipscomb, a developer, and Baltimore City Councilwoman Helen Holton, the grand jurors could be asked to consider charging the mayor today, according to sources familiar with the case.

When asked at the Maryland Association of Counties conference in Salisbury Thursday whether she had been alerted of any pending indictment, Dixon shook her head and said “no.”

Dixon’s attorney, Arnold Weiner, said he couldn’t comment on the case until after the grand jury is finished for the day.

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Political observers expressed surprise Thursday that Holton had been indicted, while Dixon had not yet been. Dixon admitted exchanging gifts with Lipscomb.

“There’s a sense that everyone’s waiting for the other shoe to drop,” said Towson professor Richard Vatz.