MONTICELLO, NY — Former Monticello Mayor Gordon Jenkins, who made national headlines for a taped display of foul language and bad behavior while handcuffed to a wall in a police station, pleaded guilty to three misdemeanors on December 3. The pleas involved bribery charges regarding a tear-down of the former village justice building.

Jenkins agreed to pay $44,000 in restitution, but the deal does not involve more jail time.

The deal came as a jury was being selected for trial, and according to his attorney, Michael Sussman, Jenkins believed that because of the enormous amount of publicity over this and other arrests, Jenkins did not believe he could get a fair trial.

The trial had initially also included charges against the suspended village code enforcement officer James Snowden, who was facing the same charges, but Judge Frank LaBuda ruled that the cases would be tried separately because of the publicity surrounding Jenkins.