McConkey's bankruptcy filing delays foreclosure case

Del. Tony McConkey filed for bankruptcy yesterday, delaying a jury trial that was set to begin today in a civil case in which he is accused of scamming a woman out of her home.

A judge ruled in September that the Severna Park Republican violated state law when he bought the home of a Pasadena woman facing foreclosure.

The jury was set to rule on additional allegations of fraud, misrepresentation and determine final damages, but Mr. McConkey's bankruptcy filing puts a halt to that process. He filed for bankruptcy under Chapter 7 yesterday in U.S. Bankruptcy Court of Maryland.

"It was a business decision,"...