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Published on -7/1/2009, 1:19 PM
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Former Junction City commission indicted
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TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) -- Federal prosecutors have indicted a former Junction City commissioner on 11 counts, including bank fraud and conspiracy for allegedly taking $19,000 in bribes.
The charges against Michael R. "Mick" Wunder, 52, come a day after David Ray Freeman, 45, of Lawrence, pleaded guilty to charges that he gave money to a Junction City commissioner to influence the city's decision to award development contracts.
Freeman admitted that he gave money to a commissioner with the code name "firefighter" in hopes of winning $12 million in contracts to develop housing in Junction City for soldiers coming to Fort Riley.
The indictments against Wunder allege that he received $19,000, as well as lavish trips to Kansas City, Mo., from Freeman.
