Bond is set at 500 thousand dollars for the Toledo Attorney who allegedly helped funnel bribes to one of four City Council members indicted for corruption.
Keith Mitchell allegedly funneled bribes to Yvonne Harper. Federal prosecutors say Harper and fellow Democrats Larry Sykes, Garrick Johnson and Tyrone Riley traded votes for cash and other items of value from business owners. Mitchell will be allowed to remain free while the case proceeds. Federal prosecutors wanted Mitchell detained until his trial, arguing he eluded authorities for more than a day after learning of the pending charges. They also said Mitchell potentially obstructed justice when he called the council members after learning he and they were the targets of the corruption probe. But Mitchell told a judge he thought the call he received from an FBI agent was nothing more than a prank.
