CLINTON TOWNSHIP, Mich. – Former Clinton Township trustee Dean Reynolds was found guilty Thursday on all counts in the Macomb County bribery scandal.
Reynolds was found guilty of 10 bribery counts and four bribery conspiracy counts. The jury voted unanimously against Reynolds.
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Reynolds was indicted in 2016 for accepting bribes from trash hauling company Rizzo Environmental Services in return for his influence in giving Rizzo lucrative contracts from the township. The indictment said Reynolds accepted bribes worth more than $50,000.
Others involved in Macomb County corruption case
Chuck Rizzo Jr., who authorities said was the central figure in the Macomb County corruption scandal, was sentenced to 66 months -- 5 1/2 years -- in federal prison.
Gasper Fiore, 57, of Grosse Pointe Shores, admitted to conspiring to pay bribes to Reynolds to obtain a contract with the township and admitted to giving cash bribes to Reynolds to select Fiore's company, according to the US Attorney's Office.
Fiore owns multiple towing companies across Southeast Michigan and pleaded guilty to conspiring to commit bribery.
The federal indictment handed down to former Macomb Public Works official Dino Bucci is the heftiest in the corruption probe. He was charged with eighteen counts of conspiracy, bribery, embezzlement, extortion, mail fraud, and money laundering.
Charges against Reynolds
Here are the specific accusations against Reynolds:
Reynolds is scheduled to return to court Oct. 25 for sentencing. He could spend more than 20 years in prison.