Boggs begins ministry as DA ponders charges
She’s been a Miss America contestant, a journalist, a politician and may soon be a criminal defendant.
But former Clark County Commissioner Lynette Boggs isn’t letting authorities’ pursuit of felony charges against her curtail her launch of a new role: cyberminister.
Boggs, 43, announced the founding of FaithWorks, a nonprofit foundation that will “address the physical and spiritual needs of the marginal and oppressed,” according to a news release distributed recently.
Boggs did not respond to requests for comment last week, and the release is vague on exactly how FaithWorks will fulfill its mission to “provide shelter, feed the hungry, cover the naked and free the oppressed.”
However, one of FaithWorks’ initiatives is “cyberministries,” religious talk shows broadcast over Internet radio.
Boggs’ weekly hourlong show, “Restore,” is aimed at female listeners. The topic of the debut show May 3 was “Surviving a Spiritual Tsunami.”
The show can be heard online at www.idradionetwork.com.
Meanwhile, Clark County prosecutors are still weighing whether to file criminal charges against Boggs alleging she misused political funds and falsified campaign documents during her failed re-election bid last year.
A seven-month state investigation found Boggs illegally paid her children’s nanny with campaign money and lied in campaign documents by swearing she lived in a home within the commission district she represented, a Nevada Department of Public Safety official said Thursday.
“She listed herself as living in one residence when in fact she wasn’t living there,” said Jerry Hafen, deputy chief of the state agency’s Investigations Division.
Clark County District Attorney David Roger said his office is still reviewing the state’s request to seek an arrest warrant charging the former politician with one count of filing a false campaign document and two counts of perjury.
The potential sentence for each of those felonies is one to five years in prison.
Boggs has retained Bill Terry, one of Las Vegas’ most prominent criminal defense attorneys, to represent her in the matter.
Assistant District Attorney Christopher Lalli said it is unclear when prosecutors will decide whether to pursue charges.
The DA’s office may ask police for more investigation before rendering a decision, he said.
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