CLINTON TWP., MI -- Dean Reynolds, an elected official currently seeking his township's supervisor position, was arrested by FBI agents for his alleged role in demanding and accepting bribes for his vote on municipal contracts.

The U.S. Attorney's office and FBI Detroit Field Office announced the arrest in a Thursday, Oct. 13 news release. Reynolds, 49, is accused of accepting more than $50,000 cash from a company vying for a contract in Clinton Township. The company who paid Reynold was awarded the municipal contract.

"Corruption undermines the very nature of representative government," Barbara McQuade, U.S. Attorney, said in the release. "Law enforcement is committed to seeking out and prosecuting corrupt public officials in all areas of the Eastern District, including suburban communities."

Robert Beeckman, FBI special agent, said in court documents that the bureau has been monitoring and reviewing Reynolds' phone calls. Through the FBI wiretap, it was discovered that a vendor seeking a contract with the township was paying for the trustees' attorney fees for his divorce.

In the release, Reynolds, a Democrat, is also accused of accepting a bribe of $17,000 cash from an undercover FBI agent. This process is outlined in court documents, in which the FBI confronted a "principal" of one of the alleged bribing companies, to act as an undercover agent referred to as "CHS1."

CHS1 reportedly met Reynolds in 2012 while representing a company bidding on a "large contract" with the township. After the company won the bid, the hopeful supervisor began asking CHS1 for "loans" as high as $25,000 in cash.

An undercover FBI agent and CHS1 paid $17,000 in bribed to Reynolds spread across six different occasions.

" ... it became necessary to make payments to Reynolds in order to continue the undercover scenario," court documents read. " The amounts were always less than what Reynolds was demanding. In exchange for the money, Reynolds provided official actions to CHS1 on a regular basis.

"He often provided the status of other trustees' expected votes, recommendations to CHS1 on how to proceed, and he delivered his own vote in favor of Company A's contract."

While the trustees' vote was the byproduct of a bribery scheme, the FBI reports that his vote was "never a deciding vote" while under agency supervision.

Reynolds is a three-term trustee in Clinton Township. The Macomb Daily reports that he was set to be the current supervisor's first opponent since 2000.

If found guilty, Reynolds faces up to 10 years in prison and a fine of $250,000.