Former Harford County Councilman Dion Guthrie said he’s prepared to sue the county over his suspension from the council following his no contest plea to a felony theft charge.

Dion Guthrie has been removed from the Harford County Council after he pleaded no contest to stealing more than $23,000 from the electrical workers union he led for more than 50 years.

Harford County Councilman Dion Guthrie vacated his seat after a no-contest plea to theft charges, resulting in a year of unsupervised probation. His council seat is now deemed vacant.

A Harford County Councilman pleaded nolo contendere Thursday to one felony charge of stealing funds from a union he led for more than five decades, a plea that county officials said will cost him his seat.

According to court documents, Dion F. Guthrie stole thousands of dollars from the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers between October 2017 and September of 2021.

Dion Guthrie was removed from the Harford County Council on Thursday after he pleaded guilty to stealing thousands of dollars from a union he was the president and business manager of. Dion Guthrie, 86,

Harford County Councilman Dion Guthrie pleaded “no contest” to stealing funds from the union local he led for more than 50 years in Baltimore County Circuit Court on Thursday.

Harford County Councilman Dion Guthrie on Thursday pleaded “no contest” to stealing funds from the union local he led for more than 50 years..Guthrie, an 86-yea