Albany Times Union: Wanted for rape, ex-Congressional candidate [(R)] dead in Cohoes

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Source: Albany Times Union

COHOES - A one-time Congressional candidate and ex-cop wanted for allegedly raping women in York, Pa., and Baltimore was found dead inside a Mohawk Street apartment this morning, a law enforcement official said this afternoon.
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(Michael L.) Johnson, who left the York Police Department in 1998 and once ran for Congress, was wanted for one alleged rape in Baltimore and two others in York, according to America's Most Wanted. The show recently profiled Johnson on its Web site.

Johnson was accused for pretending to be a police officer and raping drug-addicted prostitutes.

Johnson, the president of the Penn Township Board of Commissioners, was free on $100,000 bail when he disappeared earlier this month, according to the marshals.

Johnson, a Republican, ran for Congress in 2002, coming in fourth in a four-person field.

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