Outgoing Flint City Councilman Leon El-Alamin received probation after pleading guilty to an election law violation and no contest to felony assault and misdemeanor domestic violence charges, according to court records cited in reporting on the case.
El-Alamin pleaded guilty in the election law false swearing case. Prosecutors alleged he falsely claimed to live at a property on East Mott Avenue in Flint when he submitted an affidavit of identity during his 2024 campaign for city council. A tenant testified at a September hearing that El-Alamin had not actually lived at the property since January 2023, when she moved in, and that he served as her landlord rather than her neighbor.
In a separate case, El-Alamin pleaded no contest to felony assault and misdemeanor domestic violence. He was accused of dragging a woman by her hair, punching her in the head, and choking her inside a home in Mt. Morris Township. The woman is his former girlfriend and the mother of his child.
Despite the pleas, El-Alamin was sentenced to probation rather than jail time.
El-Alamin previously served seven years in prison on weapons and drug charges before entering public office. A video that resurfaced during coverage of the case allegedly shows him approaching a tenant’s home while carrying an AK-style firearm during an eviction attempt.
He lost his bid for reelection to the Flint City Council on November 3.
The case has drawn attention on social media, including from the account Libs of TikTok, which asked how someone with this record was allowed to hold public office in the first place.
