Judge Orders Contractor To Pay $104K To Sanitary District

A judge has ordered a Delaware County contractor to pay more than $104,000 to the Muncie Sanitary District. The Star Press reports 54 year old Rodney Barber pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit wire fraud, admitting to paying ex- local Democratic party chair Phil Nichols $5,500 in exhange for winning a contract to do work for the district. With the plea, Barber avoided prison time.