A Miami-Dade Transit supervisor, his wife, and a contractor have pleaded guilty to federal charges related to a bribery scheme involving Metrorail repair and maintenance contracts.
Dale Robinson, the acting General Superintendent and lead Rail Structure and Track Supervisor at Miami-Dade Transit, his wife Marcia Robinson, and contractor Jessie Bledsoe all entered guilty pleas in connection with the case.
Dale Robinson pled guilty to soliciting a bribe from Bledsoe in exchange for influencing the awarding of Metrorail contracts. Marcia Robinson pled guilty to misprision of a felony for her role in concealing the bribery. Jessie Bledsoe, the co-owner and operator of JB Railroad Contracting, Inc., admitted to paying the bribe to Dale Robinson in connection with his company’s work on the Metrorail system.
The details of the case, as revealed during the guilty plea hearings, show that in January 2021, while Bledsoe’s company, JB Railroad, was working on a contract to remove and replace Metrorail track fasteners, he sought an additional contract for welding work on the system. In exchange for Robinson’s recommendation and selection of JB Railroad for the welding job, Dale Robinson requested a large bribe. Bledsoe agreed to the request, and the bribe payment was routed through a company set up by Marcia Robinson, named Tailored Railroads & Consulting LLC.
To conceal the bribe, Marcia Robinson opened a checking account for Tailored Railroads in Maryland and issued four invoices to JB Railroad between February 2021 and February 2022. Despite Tailored Railroads providing no actual goods or services, Bledsoe’s company issued checks totaling approximately $75,956 to the account. These payments were made to benefit Dale Robinson personally.
Marcia Robinson, while unaware of all the details of the bribery arrangement, knew the payments were intended for her husband’s benefit and did not report the crime to authorities. Additionally, the company she established, Tailored Railroads, engaged in no activities beyond processing the bribe payments and was eventually dissolved by the state of Maryland.
Dale Robinson and Marcia Robinson are scheduled for sentencing on July 10, 2025, before U.S. District Judge K. Michael Moore. Dale Robinson faces a possible sentence of up to 10 years in prison, while Marcia Robinson faces up to three years. Jessie Bledsoe is scheduled for sentencing on August 1, 2025, before U.S. District Judge Beth Bloom and faces up to 10 years in prison.
U.S. Attorney Hayden P. O’Byrne for the Southern District of Florida, FBI Special Agent in Charge Brett Skiles, and Miami-Dade County Office of Inspector General Felix Jimenez announced the guilty pleas.
