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Nine contracting firms indicted in Illinois bid-rigging case
An 18 month interstate highway probe led to federal indictments of nine Illinois construction firms and four officers on criminal antitrust charges. The case involves rigged bids on work on Interstate 74 across central Illinois. Hearing set for Jan. 22 before Judge Henry S. Wise. Names include LA Neil Construction Co. and O'Neil Brothers Construction Co. of Danville, Champaign Asphalt Co., Shoemaker Bridge Co., A.V. Walker Construction, J.L. Simmons and Co., Culbertson Construction, Neil Lentz Construction, and Shappert Engineering. Individual defendants are E J La Bouche, Donald Walker, Lee H. Sentman Jr., and Frank M. Shappert.
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Anville
Ill
Illinois
Henry S. Wise
U.S. District Court
Michael Levinson
U.S. District Attorney’s Office
LA Neil Construction Co. Inc
O’neil Brothers Construction Co
Danville
Champaign Asphalt Co
Champaign
Shoemaker Bridge Co
Urbana
A.V. Walker Construction Co
Mattoon
J.L. Simmons and Co. Inc
Decatur
Culbertson Construction Co. Inc
Pana
Neil Lentz Construction Inc
Elwin
Shappert Engineering Co
Belvidere
E.J. la Bouche
O’neil Brothers
la Neil
Donald Walker
A.J. Walker
Lee H. Sentman Jr
J.L. Simmons
Frank M. Shappert
Shappert Engineering