By Associated Press
Birmingham, AL – An Anniston architect has pleaded guilty to a reduced charge of aiding and abetting the obstruction of justice in the two-year colleges corruption case.
Julian Jenkins was to go on trial in federal court in Birmingham on Monday on charges of bribing former Alabama two-year colleges chancellor Roy Johnson.
Jenkins' lawyers had been working with the government on the plea deal for the past three weeks.
The government will dismiss the bribery and conspiracy charges. Jenkins is scheduled to be sentenced on Oct. 27.
Prosecutors are recommending that Jenkins be sentenced to three months probation, six months home detention, pay a $1,000 fine, plus restitution, which will be determined later. Prosecutors are also asking that Jenkins' firm be banned from doing business with the college system for two years.