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Dean Reynolds
Ex- Clinton Township Trustee Dean Reynolds, the first of 20 people charged in a widespread corruption investigtion to go to trial, is guilty of bribery and conspiracy, WXYZ reports. U.S. District Judge Robert Cleland ordered him detained until sentencing in October.
Federal jurors in Port Huron on Thursday convicted Reynolds of 10 counts of bribery and four counts of bribery conspiracy.
Reynolds decided to take a chance by going to trial after rejecting a plea deal. He’s facing ten years of prison on each bribery count and five years on each conspiracy count.
To date, 15 others have taken plea deals and four cases are pending.
The jury heard evidence that Reynolds was paid tens of thousands of dollars by Chuck Rizzo of Rizzo Environmental to help land a 10-year trash contact renewal worth $18 million.
Reynolds was also given a paid attorney for his divorce worth another $50,000 and was paid $7,000 on behalf of Gasper Fiore for help getting a towing contract with the township.
His defense was that he received loans, but not bribes.
