January 25, 2008

Former Alabama Chancellor Agrees to Plead Guilty to Bribery and Other Charges

By JJ Hermes

Roy W. Johnson Jr., the embattled former chancellor of Alabama's system of two-year colleges, has agreed to plead guilty to 15 counts of conspiracy, bribery, obstruction of justice, and money laundering, and pledged to cooperate in a continuing federal investigation into the system, federal prosecutors announced on Thursday.

Mr. Johnson also agreed in a document filed in U.S. District Court in Birmingham to forfeit more than $18-million, the amount prosecutors estimated his

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