Two plead in DENR bribery case

Submitted by ryanteaguebeckwith on June 2, 2009 - 8:17am.
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A former Wake Forest mayor and a Raleigh businessman pleaded guilty to bribery Monday.

The charges state that the two promised a state official nearly $200,000 to speed up environmental permits for a proposed ethanol plant.

Federal prosecutors also disclosed Monday that two other investors in the plant, including the former owner of Thee Dollhouse topless bar in Raleigh, extorted money to speed permits for a project in 2002.

But they said the statute of limitations had already passed for those charges.

James Albert Perry Jr., 62, the former mayor of Wake Forest, and David Lee Brady, 76, pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit bribery.

They had promised the money to Boyce Hudson, then an employee of the N.C. Department of Environment and Natural Resources. (N&O)

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Re: Two plead in DENR bribery case

Submitted by starcoconst on June 2, 2009 - 9:12am.

Maybe something is wrong with the system if someone is willing to cough up and extra $200,000 just for expediting the process. As most departments of government, there is too much duplication and never any incentive to move things along a little faster since most of these employees never had to pay interest costs or any other expenses while waitng for approval.

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