A former Miami-Dade Transit supervisor and his wife were sentenced Tuesday for their roles in a bribery and cover-up scheme involving contracts for the county’s Metrorail system.
Dale Robinson, the former Acting General Superintendent and Track Supervisor at Miami-Dade Transit, was sentenced to 18 months in federal prison followed by three years of supervised release. He previously pleaded guilty to soliciting a bribe from a contractor in exchange for influencing contract awards. A $75,956 forfeiture judgment was entered against him, which he has already paid.
His wife, Marcia Robinson, was sentenced to three years of probation after pleading guilty to misprision of a felony for helping conceal the bribery scheme.
According to court records, Dale Robinson was responsible for selecting and supervising contractors performing track maintenance and repair work on the Metrorail system. In January 2021, while North Dakota-based JB Railroad Contracting, Inc. was performing track fastener replacements and seeking additional work on a welding project, Robinson solicited a bribe from co-owner Jessie Bledsoe.
Bledsoe agreed and, at Robinson’s direction, routed the bribe through a Maryland-based shell company called Tailored Railroads & Consulting LLC, created by Marcia Robinson. From February 2021 to February 2022, Marcia Robinson sent four fraudulent invoices to JB Railroad for work never performed. The company then issued four checks totaling $75,956, which were deposited into the shell company’s account for Dale Robinson’s personal use.
Though Marcia Robinson was not aware of all the details, she knew the payments were tied to her husband’s influence in selecting JB Railroad for Metrorail work and took steps to conceal the transactions, prosecutors said.
In a related case, Bledsoe has also pleaded guilty and is scheduled to be sentenced by U.S. District Judge Beth Bloom on October 3, 2025.
The sentences were announced by U.S. Attorney Hayden P. O’Byrne for the Southern District of Florida, FBI Miami Special Agent in Charge Brett D. Skiles, and Miami-Dade County Inspector General Felix Jimenez.
The case was prosecuted by Assistant U.S. Attorney Edward N. Stamm. Assistant U.S. Attorney Marx Calderon is handling asset forfeiture proceedings.
