Mr. Robert Dennis Pryce Jr.

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  Alameda Times-Star Online - Local & Regional News - [Cached Version]
  Published on: 7/30/2003    Last Visited: 7/31/2003  

  The only remaining defendant in the federal corruption case is Sweeney's personal lawyer, Robert Pryce Jr., whose trial is set for Sept. 2.
  
  The corruption charges are related to a vote-buying scheme involving trash hauler Browning Ferris Industries, which won a 10-year, $60 million contract with the city in February 2002.The contract was later rescinded.
  
  Prosecutors claim that Sweeney, 45, and former Carson City Council members Raunda Frank and Manuel Siao Ontal Jr. agreed to split $600,000 with Pryce in exchange for their votes on the waste-hauling contract.
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  Pryce, 53, of Los Angeles, allegedly acted as a middleman and handled the kickback that swayed the five-member council, prosecutors said.

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  Balita.com - Community News - [Cached Version]
  Published on: 7/19/2003    Last Visited: 12/25/2003  

  LOS ANGELES - The federal corruption trial of Carson Mayor Daryl Sweeney and his confidant Robert Pryce was delayed Wednesday until Sept. 2 as the eighth person snared in the corruption probe pleaded guilty.
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  Prosecutors contend Pryce, who has worked as a city attorney, struck a deal with BFI in which he would be paid $15,000 a month over 36 months if he could secure the votes.
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  During Wednesday's hearing, Robinson acknowledged that Ontal spoke with him in February 2002 and said the councilman expected to receive a percentage of the payments to Pryce "as a reward" for his vote on the BFI contract.

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  Bid rejected for separate trials in Carson case - [Cached Version]
  Published on: 5/21/2003    Last Visited: 5/21/2003  

  Defendants David Robinson and Douglas Moore asked that they not be placed before the same jury that would consider the case against Carson Mayor Daryl Sweeney and his personal attorney Robert Pryce, particularly on charges alleging the mayor and Pryce tried to extort cash from Waste Management Inc., in exchange for approval of a garbage-hauling contract.
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  All four men are charged in connection with a scheme to pay Sweeney, Pryce and former Carson City Council members Raunda Frank and Manny Ontal $600,000 in exchange for the council members' approval of a $60 million, 10-year contract for BFI.
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  Only Sweeney and Pryce are charged in connection with efforts to extort money from Waste Management.
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  Hueston alleges the scheme continued after Waste Management rejected the overtures of Pryce and Sweeney, and they moved on to BFI.

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  Calif. Lawyer Pleads Guilty to Corruption - [Cached Version]
  Published on: 8/15/2003    Last Visited: 8/15/2003  

  Robert Pryce Jr., 53, became the 10th and last person to plead guilty in the case, which involved other city officials and executives at two garbage companies.
  
  Pryce admitted he ferried money for former Carson Mayor Daryl Sweeney and two other council members.Pryce, who was Sweeney's personal lawyer, was indicted last November.
  
  He pleaded guilty to 17 counts in the indictment, including conspiracy, bribery, conspiracy to launder money and mail fraud.He also pleaded guilty to 32 counts in a separate indictment charging him with taking kickbacks while acting as a bankruptcy trustee.
  
  Pryce will likely receive six to eight years in prison at his sentencing, scheduled for Oct. 27.
  
  The case stems from the city's $60 million contract with trash hauler Browning Ferris Industries.The contract was later rescinded.

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  Carson awards major contracts - [Cached Version]
  Published on: 4/17/2003    Last Visited: 4/17/2003  

  Sweeney, his personal attorney Robert Pryce and two former BFI officials have been charged with conspiracy to commit extortion, bribery, mail fraud, conspiracy to launder money and laundering money.

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  Carson federal trial is delayed - [Cached Version]
  Published on: 7/18/2003    Last Visited: 7/18/2003  

  The federal corruption trial of Carson Mayor Daryl Sweeney and his confidant Robert Pryce was delayed Wednesday until Sept. 2 as the eighth person snared in the corruption probe pleaded guilty.
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  Prosecutors contend Pryce, who has worked as a city attorney, struck a deal with BFI in which he would be paid $15,000 a month over 36 months if he could secure the votes.
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  During Wednesday's hearing, Robinson acknowledged that Ontal spoke with him in February 2002 and said the councilman expected to receive a percentage of the payments to Pryce "as a reward" for his vote on the BFI contract.

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  Carson in a bind: Lack of quorum prevents meetings - [Cached Version]
  Published on: 1/9/2003    Last Visited: 1/10/2003  

  Then on Nov. 21 the U.S. Attorney's Office indicted Sweeney on bribery and extortion charges, along with former Mayor Pete Fajardo, Sweeney's personal attorney Robert Pryce and two former Browning-Ferris Industries officials.

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  Carson ponders trash hauling bids - [Cached Version]
  Published on: 1/20/2002    Last Visited: 1/20/2002  

  The bid process was marred when a fax from City Attorney Robert Pryce to BFI revealed Waste Management's still secret bid prices.
  
  "I call it dirty pool," Calas said."I smell a stinking thing here."
  
  Though council members were concerned about the leak, they wanted to press ahead with the process.
  
  "I think it's unfortunate that there were leaks of information," Ontal said.

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  Developer alleges Carson mayor, lawyer tainted city... - [Cached Version]
  Published on: 6/21/2002    Last Visited: 6/21/2002  

  The lawsuit alleges that Sweeney told Rand to hire Robert Pryce in order to win the bid.
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  Pryce, who was working for the city and also was Sweeney's personal attorney, sent Rand a letter asking for $100,000, 6 percent of all the Carson city funds used in the project and 10 percent equity in the development, the suit alleges.
  
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  Earlier this year BFI officials hired Pryce to help secure a trash contract.The City Council fired Pryce after BFI received a fax with confidential information about a competitor's prices.

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  Ex-councilman guilty of bribery - [Cached Version]
  Published on: 4/15/2003    Last Visited: 4/15/2003  

  The mayor faces trial, along with Robert Pryce, who once worked as a Carson city attorney, and two former BFI executives, Douglas Moore and David Robinson.

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