Byline: Patrick Danner and Dan Christensen
Oct. 10--A second former chairman of engineering-consulting firm PBS&J pleaded guilty Tuesday to charges involving a long-running scheme to use campaign contributions to win government contracts.
Richard A. Wickett, PBS&J chairman from 2002 until his retirement in early 2005, pleaded guilty to conspiring to make false statements with the Federal Elections Commission and conspiring to commit mail and wire fraud. Both counts are felonies.
Wickett, 65, faces up to five years in prison and as much as $250,000 in fines on each charge. But prosecutors calculated a likely range of 18 to 24 months in prison. He is set to be ...