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Former Taylor Mayor Rick Sollars has pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit bribery and wire fraud, which could send him to prison for several years and require him to pay steep fines.
Prince George’s County wants to turn four stops along the Blue Line into a laboratory for vibrant transit-oriented development, a major break from the county’s auto-centric past.
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.