(Source: News Channel 5) COOKEVILLE, Tenn. - A former deputy director at the Upper Cumberland Development District in Cookeville pleaded guilty Monday afternoon to a single count of federal bank fraud.

As part of a plea deal with prosecutors, Larry Webb agreed to testify against longtime UCDD executive director Wendy Askins.

Webb, who had faced a potential 220 years in federal prison and $6.75 million in fines, avoided any prison sentence under the deal.

Instead, he'll face three years of supervised release with no fine.

The long-running case stems from a 2012 NewsChannel 5 investigation of blatant misspending and fraud inside the agency that was created to serve a 14-county region...