Former Detroit-area mayor pleads guilty in bribery case involving contractor, foreclosed properties
Rick Sollars received over $40,000 in cash, home renovations
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}A former suburban Detroit mayor who lost reelection amid corruption allegations pleaded guilty Tuesday to a bribery scheme involving foreclosed homes and a favored contractor.
Rick Sollars was accused of receiving cash and home renovations worth more than $40,000 in exchange for recommending that Shady Awad get tax-foreclosed properties in Taylor.
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{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}Sollars also used campaign money for personal benefit, investigators said.
A former Detroit-area mayor has pleaded guilty to charges stemming from a bribery scheme.
"Sollars, as the mayor of the city of Taylor, betrayed the trust of the citizens and the voters who supported him," U.S. Attorney Dawn Ison said.
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}Sollars' attorney declined to comment after the guilty plea.
Sollars lost a reelection bid in 2021 while under indictment. Awad pleaded guilty to conspiracy that same year.
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{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}Prosecutors and Sollars' defense team agreed to recommend a six-year prison sentence to the judge, The Detroit News reported.