harrisburg pa. sweep corruption case former mayor pennsylvania capital city harrisburg end monday plead guilty 20 count receive steal artifacts buy public fund propose museum never build city former mayor stephen r. reed 67 make plea morning jury selection trial schedule begin dauphin county court common pleas part plea deal prosecutors drop 94 count reed originally charge 2015 nearly 500 criminal count could receive nine months prison state sentence guidelines judge kevin hess sentence friday although may get probation many serious charge include bribery siphon money bond issue dismiss last year statute limitations ground today guilty plea mark final chapter case go several years say deputy attorney general rebecca frantz help city harrisburg move on reed know avid private collector civil war american west memorabilia 28 years office plead guilty illegal possession 20 historical document photograph total value 18,000 artifacts among thousands acquire reed public fund propose museum american west hop build financially strap harrisburg plea reed tell reporters experience gut-wrenching humiliation embarrassment arrest serve harrisburg mayor decades say many artifacts seize home warehouse raid 2015 legally own similar ones acquire public fund museum believe 20 items plea accidentally place box paper hastily leave office follow defeat 2010 acknowledge pack do supervision precepts faith require take responsibility error ultimate decide factor plea reed say hear schedule march reed petition return artifacts believe belong frantz say prosecutors would oppose request harrisburg state financial supervision since 2011 primarily cost overrun incinerator retrofit project pennsylvania capital 's ex-mayor plead guilty theft case