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Flint Councilman Pleads in Two Cases
Outgoing Flint Councilman Leon El-Alamin pleaded guilty Thursday to election-law false swearing and no contest to assault and domestic violence. A judge indicated two years of probation, and sentencing is set for Jan. 4, 2027.
By Crime Talk Network Staff Writer ·
A guilty plea admits the election count. A no-contest plea does not admit the assault, and two years of probation is what the judge indicated, not a sentence already imposed. Jan. 4 is when that deal can become the judgment, and saying afterward that he still disputes the affidavit does not withdraw the plea.
Leon El-Alamin pleaded Thursday in Genesee Circuit Court before Judge Khary L. Hanible. On the election case he pleaded guilty to election-law false swearing. Prosecutors said he signed a candidacy affidavit that listed a Flint address where he did not live. Genesee County Prosecutor David Leyton said the plea mattered because it acknowledged that the residency affidavit was false.
On the assault case he pleaded no contest to assault with intent to do great bodily harm less than murder, and to misdemeanor domestic violence. He was accused of dragging a woman by her hair, punching her in the head, and choking her in July 2025 at a home in Mount Morris Township. Thursday had been set as the start of that trial.
Under a Cobbs agreement, Hanible indicated a sentence of two years of probation and no additional jail time if El-Alamin follows the conditions. Sentencing in both cases is Jan. 4, 2027. He is out of jail on a $5,000 personal recognizance bond. The day after the pleas, he said he still disputes the election allegations.
He lost the Nov. 3 election for another term and is leaving the council.
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