A Cockeysville man pleaded guilty Tuesday in a state circuit court to bribery and theft, another conviction in an ongoing investigation into contracting corruption at the University of Maryland, Baltimore County.
Patrick R. Sisk, 49, was convicted of felony theft and bribery for his role in a scheme that ran from 1999 to 2004 and for stealing at least $137,000 from the university, according to court documents.
As a subcontractor whose company worked on concrete and other projects at UMBC, Sisk gave the university inflated invoices through the middle company he worked for, court documents say.
The extra money created a slush fund in Sisk?s operating account, from which he turned over cash and made other purchases, including carpeting, a sliding-glass door and a staircase, for a UMBC employee and his friends, according to the documents.
Another defendant in the investigation, Joseph A. Shryock, 47, pleaded guilty last month to felony theft for his April 2003 role in the scheme, which is still under investigation by the state Attorney General?s Office.
Shryock, a former construction manager at UMBC, passed the cost of bathroom fixtures he bought for his home on to the university, according to the Attorney General?s Office.
