CHARLESTON, S.C. (WCIV) — Nearly two weeks after the first sentencing in the North Charleston federal corruption case that ensnared members of the city council, a second defendant is now looking at a little over a year in federal prison.
Aaron Hicks – who, in February 2025, pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit bribery with respect to programs receiving federal funds and honest services wire fraud, bribery with respect to programs receiving federal funds, and honest services wire fraud – was sentenced Wednesday to 15 months in prison.
Prosecutors initially alleged that Hicks bribed members of the then-North Charleston City Council to influence their votes on the rezoning project. Specifically, they said he worked to bribe Mike A. Brown and Jerome Heyward and, in a separate conspiracy with Tory Fields, sought to bribe Sandino Moses…