NORFOLK, Va. (AP) — A Chesapeake defense contractor faces up to five years in federal prison for paying bribes to public officials.

Federal authorities say 50-year-old Roderic J. Smith pleaded guilty to a bribery conspiracy charge Wednesday in U.S. District Court in Norfolk. Sentencing was set for June 23.

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