Mark Gary Scheduled to Enter Plea Monday, Oct. 1
Gwinnett businessman charged with bribing former Gwinnett County Commissioner Shirley Lasseter.
A plea hearing has been scheduled for Gwinnett businessman Mark Gary on corruption charges at 2 p.m. Monday, Oct. 1, before U.S. District Judge Charles Pannell Jr. in Courtroom 2307 of the Richard B. Russell Federal Building in Atlanta. The U.S. Attorney’s Office in Atlanta charged Gary with bribing former Gwinnett County Commissioner Shirley Lasseter to obtain commission approval in 2009 of a controversial $4-million waste transfer station in which he had a personal stake. Gary was implicated in an investigation of corruption in Gwinnett County government. After Lasseter voted in favor of the permit for the project, Gary allegedly gave her son John Fanning a bribe consisting of $30,000 worth of chips at an out-of-state casino. Fanning …
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