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Bridge Inspector Indicted
According to this Courier-Journal article ![[Outside Link]](../images/kentuckyroads/outside-link2.gif){kind=small}
a federal grand jury in Louisville indicted Kevin Lee Earles, 41, on three counts of extortion for allegedly demanding bribes that totaled $18,000. Earles was a KYTC inspector for painting work being done on the Kennedy Bridge in Louisville. He reportedly told a painting-company executive that there was a ''history'' of making payments to inspectors.