Caught on Camera: A Conviction Wasn't Enough to Stop Him From Trying to Buy His Way Out.
LIMA, Ohio — A Lima man already convicted of illegal dumping is now facing a felony bribery charge after prosecutors say he attempted to buy a witness's silence between his conviction and sentencing.
Brady Schroeder, who was convicted in December of illegally disposing of construction and demolition debris, was indicted by an Allen County grand jury on one count of bribery, a third-degree felony carrying a potential prison sentence of nine to 36 months, Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost announced.
Schroeder's original case was prosecuted by the Ohio Attorney General's Office in Lima Municipal Court. He was sentenced to 90 days in jail and 100 hours of community service, fined $750, and ordered to complete full remediation of the dump site subject to Ohio EPA approval. The court suspended 60 days of the jail sentence pending completion of that cleanup.
According to the indictment, after his conviction but before sentencing, Schroeder was captured on a Ring doorbell camera offering a state's witness a job and payment of the witness's outstanding driver's license fees in exchange for favorable testimony. The offer was later repeated via text message.
The witness subsequently contacted the Ohio Bureau of Criminal Investigation and the Ohio EPA.
Schroeder is presumed innocent unless proven guilty in a court of law.
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