Accused Boston Black Lives Matter charity fraudster Monica Cannon-Grant plans to change her plea in her federal case.
“The defendant, Monica Cannon-Grant, respectfully requests that the Court schedule a change of plea hearing, pursuant to Rule 11 of the Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure,” Thursday’s short filing in Cannon-Grant’s docket states. “The defendant requests that the hearing be scheduled on a date convenient for the Court and the parties.”
A Rule 11 hearing means a defendant who has previously pleaded not guilty — like Cannon-Grant — intends to plead guilty or no contest to the charges.
Cannon-Grant was charged alongside her husband Clark Grant in 2022 with 18 fraud-related counts regarding misuse of funds donated to the couple’s charity Violence in Boston. Federal prosecuto