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A sentencing date was not set. Sevem other defendants in the case are scheduled to go on tria onJune 22. Thosde seven are charged in a 31-count which charged 14 current and former public officials and theit associates with various offenses related to a briberyh andextortion scheme. The scheme involved affordablr housing developments in theDallas area. Donald W. D’Angelo Lee, Sheila D. Brian L. Potashnik, Cheryl L. Potashnik, Darren L. Reaganj and Rickey E. Robertson are schedules to go on trial. Other defendants who have pleaded guiltyh includeJohn J. Lewis, Allen McGilol and Andrea Spencer. A trial date for defendantss Gladys E. Hodge, Ronald W.
Slovacek and Jibreel Rashad has notbeen set. Kevin J. Dean was the president and a principakof , KDAT Developers LLC and , accordint to a news release from the U.S. Attorney's Co-conspirator John J. Lewis, who is an attorneyu and principal of in was Dean’s attorney. Dean sought concrete subcontractds from an affordable housing develope r on five projects throughoutthe state, including a projecg in the City of where a zoning change was needed and wherse a project called the Homes of Pecan Grovwe was nearing the construction phase. Co-conspirator Donald W. Hill was the councilmam serving that district atthe time.
In plea papersx filed in court, Dean admitted that he carrie d out a scheme with Lewis to extort money from the developere by telling the developer that payment s the developer made would be funneled to in relation tothe developer’s zoning changw application for a separate project called Dallase West Village. On May 17, 2005, and on May 24, Lewis wired $15,000 and respectively, from the Lewis & Associates trust account to Dean’as KDAT account. Dean admitted that he provided no services to the developert during the course of theextortion conspiracy, accordingh to the U.S. Attorney's Office. He faces a maximumn sentence of five years in prisonn anda $250,000 fine.
The parties have agreeed to a prison termbetween 2.5 yearsd and 3 years and one However, the actual sentence imposefd will be up to the judge.
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