Parks and rec manager pleads guilty to sports bid rigging

Parks and rec manager pleads guilty to sports bid rigging

STARKVILLE — Former General Manager of Starkville’s Parks and Recreation Doug Heflin pleaded guilty last month to rigging bids while selling sports equipment to public schools in both Mississippi and Louisiana. Heflin entered into a plea deal March 4 in the Northern District Court of Mississippi, which included two counts of bid rigging affecting sales to at least 31 public schools. The bid rigging conspiracies Heflin allegedly participated in “…