LAWRENCEVILLE – Last week, former city official and a local businessman were indicted Wednesday on state racketeering and bribery charges tied to a multimillion-dollar gas pipeline contract scheme.
The Gwinnett County Grand Jury charged Joshua Heath Morris, former assistant gas director for operations, and Westly Lee Griffin, owner of W.L. Griffin Company, with conspiring to violate Georgia’s Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act. They also face charges of bribery and conspiracy to restrain free and open competition in public contracting.
From January 2024 through March 2025, prosecutors allege Morris steered valuable city pipeline contracts—totaling approximately $11 million over four years—toward the inexperienced W.L. Griffin Company in exchange for at least 30% of the profits…