HOUSTON (AP) _ A Harris County commissioner who had been facing a retrial on charges he took more than $100,000 in bribes to help a Houston developer obtain millions of dollars in contracts has pleaded guilty in the case.
Jerry Eversole pleaded guilty in Houston federal court on Friday to a charge of making a false statement to FBI agents. In exchange for the plea, prosecutors will drop the other charges Eversole had faced.
As part of the agreement, Eversole is resigning.
A mistrial was declared in his March trial after jurors deadlocked.
Michael Surface, the developer indicted in the case, pleaded guilty on Friday to a count of filing a false tax return.
Both men are to be sentenced Jan. 4. Eversole faces up to five years in prison.
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