CHINO -- The superintendent of a Chino Hills home construction project has pleaded not guilty to charges that he bribed a building inspector.
Nelson Chu, 61, of Rowland Heights entered the plea during an arraignment June 1 in Chino Superior Court.
The San Bernardino County District Attorney's Office charged him on April 27 with a single count of felony bribery.
According to a police report contained in Chu's court file, Chu gave Chino Hills city employee Andrew Zummo $5,000 cash between November 2009 and December 2010, as well as a lighter and a bottle of Rémy Martin congac.
Chu concealed some of the alleged bribes in construction paperwork that he submitted to Zummo, and left other alleged bribes in Zummo's truck, according to the report.
Zummo reported each gift immediately to his supervisors and to the San Bernardino County Sheriff's Department, according to the report.
Chu was overseeing construction of a home in the 1100 block of Village Drive.
He remains free awating trial in his case, and is next due in court July 13.