Businessman makes plea deal in Navy bribery case

NORFOLK, Va. (AP) — A Chesapeake businessman pleaded guilty Thursday to giving $50,000 to a public official in an effort to steer Navy contracts toward his business.

Federal prosecutors say Timothy Miller, 58, was part of a wide-ranging bribery scheme involving the Navy’s Military Sealift Command that lasted five years and ultimately resulted in a businesses he co-founded being awarded $2.5 million in government contracts in 2009.