Fourth charged in UMBC building probe

The state?s attorney general charged a fourth person in an alleged bribery scheme involving construction projects at the University of Maryland, Baltimore County campus, officials said Monday.

Joseph Don Cheek of Baltimore is accused of giving a university construction manager materials and labor for a new basement bathroom and heat pump at the manager?s home in exchange for steering campus projects to Cheek?s former employers, Bell Mechanical Services and Banks Contracting Co.