Willner v. State

MILLER, Judge.

When Fred Blumenauer sought the contract to clean the Henry Ditch in Vander-burgh County, Robert Lee Willner, a former Vanderburgh County Commissioner, allegedly told Blumenauer he would have to hire Willner's son and pay Willner $1,500 if he wanted the contract. As the result of an extensive investigation into several Van-derburgh County officials, Willner was eventually charged with bribery, a Class C felony. 1 . He was convicted by a jury and sentenced to two years of unsupervised probation. He was also fined $1,500, removed from Board of Commissioners, barred from holding…