Indictment of former Upland mayor and business partner

A fed­er­al grand jury has in­dicted former Up­land May­or John Pom­i­er­ski for cor­rup­tion as part of an al­leged scheme in which the may­or ex­tor­ted bribes and cam­paign con­tri­bu­tions from busi­nesses seek­ing city per­mits and oth­er con­struc­tion ap­provals, fed­er­al of­fi­cials an­nounced Thursday.

Also in­dicted was one of Pom­i­er­ski’s busi­ness as­so­ci­ates, John Ed­ward Hennes of Up­land, who al­legedly ac­ted as a go-between for the deals, the in­dict­ment al­leged. Hennes, 54, also is a mem­ber of the city’s build­ing ap­peals board.

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