Former Miami-Dade Transit rail superintendent sentenced to federal prison for soliciting a bribe from a county rail contractor

Miami-Dade County's Office of Inspector General reported that Dale Robinson, the former Acting General Superintendent of the Department of Transportation and Public Works' Track and Guideway (Rail) Division, illegally solicited a bribe from JB Railroad Contracting owner Jessie Bledsoe to steer a county welding/rail-maintenance contract to Bledsoe's firm. Robinson pled guilty and was sentenced July 8, 2025 to 18 months in federal prison plus a $75,956 forfeiture judgment; his spouse Marcia Robinson pled guilty to misprision of a felony for helping conceal the scheme; Bledsoe was sentenced October 8, 2025 to four months' imprisonment, eight months' home confinement, a $7,500 fine, and $75,956 in forfeiture.