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Article: McCook bribery trial to begin
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- Inland Valley Daily Bulletin
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- August 16, 2004
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On the face of it, there didn't seem to be much of a chance for
William "Shep" McCook's billboard project in Colton.
Federal prosecutors taking McCook to trial Tuesday in Los Angeles
say that would have been the case if he hadn't bribed his way into
approval.
In one of the last remaining court actions involving San
Bernardino County's decade-long corruption and bribery cases, McCook
is being tried for paying off local officials to put up the large
billboards in Colton at the interchange of the 10 and 215 freeways.
McCook is coming off of what could be a disastrous ruling for him
in a civil case related to corruption in the county. A judge
tentatively ruled Aug. 4 that McCook owes the county ...