Wednesday, November 24, 2010
Associated Press
CLEVELAND
A Cleveland attorney has been indicted on charges that accuse him of participating in a plot to bribe a county official with $1.1 million in cash and kickbacks.
Sixty-one-year-old William Mitchell Jr. of Westlake was charged in a three-count indictment unsealed Tuesday.
The U.S. attorney’s office says he participated in bribing former Cuyahoga County Auditor Frank Russo, who resigned and pleaded guilty.
The government says the bribes were paid so Mitchell could land $21 million in real-estate appraisal contracts.
The indictment was the latest in a two-year public corruption investigation.