PEEKSKILL HERALD: GLENN GRIFFIN PLEADS GUILTY TO FEDERAL CHARGES

A prominent Peekskill businessman who operates a landscape company, a garden nursery and owns properties throughout the city has pled guilty to bribery charges and could be headed to federal prison following a three-year investigation.

Glenn Griffin, 55, of Cortlandt Manor, pled guilty on Monday, Aug. 26 to one count of conspiracy to commit bribery and one count of conspiracy to commit wire fraud, each carrying a maximum sentence of five years in prison, according to the U.S. Attorney’s office in the Southern District of New York. Griffin is scheduled to be sentenced by U.S. District Judge Vincent L. Briccetti on Dec. 5.

“In a difficult and complex situation, Mr. Griffin has chosen to accept full responsibility for the matter,” said Stephen McCarthy, Griffin’s attorney in the federal criminal case.

“He would like to apologize to the town, the entire community, all of the people who have supported him, and most importantly his family.”

Also pleading guilty to federal charges was Robert Dyckman, 52, of Verplanck. He will also be sentenced on Dec. 5 on one count of conspiracy to commit mail fraud, which carries a maximum sentence of five years in prison. Dyckman was the former assistant general foreman for the Town of Cortlandt and a 28-year employee. MORE AT Glenn Griffin pleads guilty to federal charges, faces prison term – Peekskill Herald