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Updated: 6:32 PM Jun 20, 2007
Former State Highway Engineer Indicted For Extortion
A former district highway engineer and two others have been indicted in an extortion scheme involving road repairs and hurricane cleanup.
Posted: 5:53 PM Jun 20, 2007 |
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A former district highway engineer and two others have been indicted in an extortion scheme involving road repairs and hurricane cleanup.
Danny Ray Taylor, who was district engineer for Beaufort & Pitt Counties is accused of extorting some $7,300 from one asphalt paving company.
Also indicted are former highway employees Don Fornes and Michael Delmonte. The federal indictment says the two split corrupt payments they received from a tree removal company.
If convicted the three face up to 20 years in prison
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