BOSTON – The facilities director of two non-profits which provide support services for developmentally disabled adults and their families was sentenced today in connection with soliciting bribes.

Charles Feeney, 60, of Billerica, was sentenced by U.S. Senior District Judge Mark L. Wolf to six months in prison, three years of supervised release, and ordered to pay $142,927 in restitution.  In May 2012, Feeney pleaded guilty to two counts of soliciting bribes.

Feeney was the facilities director for Community Alternative Residential Environments, Inc. (CARE) and Walnut Street Center (WSC), two Massachusetts based non-profits which provide support services for developmentally disabled adults and their families.   When CARE/WSC purchased a building which was to be renovated and turned into administrative offices and a day facility, it was Feeney’s job to solicit bids for the general contract and oversee the renovation process.  Instead, Feeney made an agreement with a general contractor he knew to get the contract and in exchange, Feeney would get the electrical subcontract for his business, C.T. Feeney & Sons Electrical Services.  In so doing, Feeney falsely assured both the then-executive director and the finance director of CARE/WSC that he had received three bids for the project when, in fact, there were no bids....