A Pickerington man who participated in a bribery scheme with former Franklin County Convention Facilities Authority member John Raphael over a multi-million-dollar food vendor contract was sentenced Tuesday to six months home confinement, community service and probation for the next four years.
Rodney L. Myers, 50, who had pleaded guilty to federal programs bribery in November 2019, was facing federal sentencing guidelines that called for up to two years in prison for his role in steering the food service contract at the Greater Columbus Convention Center.
Prosecutors were requesting a sentence of 20 months. A federal probation officer, using sentencing guidelines based on the potential $11.22 million food vendor Centerplate would have collected over seven years if the scheme had not been uncovered, had advised a sentence of nine years.
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Due to someone associated with the Rangeley Town Office testing positive for Covid-19 the Town Office is closed to the public from December 31, 2020 until January 11, 2021. As a result of the office closure the January 4, 2021 Board of Selectmen’s meeting was conducted via Zoom. District 17 State Senator Russell Black briefly joined the Zoom meeting to update the Selectmen on a legislative proposal to expand the number of Franklin County Commissioners from three to five. An increase in the number of Commissioners would provide towns that pay a high County tax such as Carrabassett Valley and Rangeley an opportunity for greater representation in County affairs. The Selectmen agreed to send a letter of support for this legislation in the near future.