Birdsall Engineering

Howard Birdsall, the onetime Chief Executive Officer of the Monmouth County-based Birdsall Services Group (BSG) engineering firm, faces a possible four years in prison after admitting his role in a million-dollar pay-to-play arrangement uncovered by New Jersey investigators.

The former executive vice-president of Middletown-based Birdsall Services Group engineering firm risks five to 10 years in prison on conviction for each of four second-degree charges stemming from a probe of alleged violations of New Jersey's pay to play laws.

Dozens of towns through out New Jersey are preparing to fork over information to the State Grand Jury in Trenton about their dealings with a prominent Monmouth-based engineering and consulting firm.