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The former Mayor of Taylor is facing years in prison after entering into a plea agreement in a federal corruption case.

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Taylor community development manager Jeffrey Baum is the third person to strike a plea deal with federal prosecutors in the public corruption case.

During his guilty plea hearing, Hadir Altoon admitted to paying bribes to Mayor Sollars by giving him tens of thousands of dollars in cash, scratch-off lottery tickets, and other items of value, and facilitating the payment of bribes to Sollars by convicted developer Shady Awad.

After being slowed by the COVID-19 pandemic, the corruption case against Taylor Mayor Rick Sollars appears to be heating up, according to a recent federal filing, with signs that multiple defendants could soon plead guilty.

After being slowed by the COVID-19 pandemic, the corruption case against Taylor Mayor Rick Sollars appears to be heating up, according to a recent federal filing, with signs that multiple defendants could soon plead guilty.

Taylor  — Indicted Mayor Rick Sollars is ineligible to appear on the August primary ballot over his failure to file campaign finance reports and pay thousands of dollars in late fees, a city official ruled late Friday. Taylor City Clerk Cynthia Bower told The Detroit News on Saturday that she made the "difficult" ruling late Friday after carefully investigating a challenge to Sollars candidacy submitted by a City Council hopeful earlier in the week. "I must protect the integrity of the el...