Four concrete suppliers have been sentenced to prison for participating in a long-running bid-rigging scheme in the Savannah area.
James Clayton Pedrick, Gregory Hall Melton, John David Melton, and Timothy “Bo” Strickland were charged in federal court four years ago with conspiring to fix prices, rig bids, and allocate jobs from the sale of ready-mix concrete used in residential, commercial, and public projects.
Pedrick and Strickland pleaded guilty, while the two Meltons were convicted earlier this year in U.S. District Court in Savannah…