29 May 2009
Federal court documents unsealed Thursday as Ald. Isaac Carothers (29th) was indicted on corruption charges suggest Carothers himself has been cooperating with federal investigators and secretly taping other public officials.
The records included a motion filed in February to keep an earlier indictment against developer Calvin Boender sealed. Boender was indicted along with Carothers Thursday, accused of bribing Carothers to get him to suppo...
Ike Carothers Timeline
| 2009 May 28 |
Chicago Alderman Ike Carothers indicted on corruption charges
Ald. Isaac Carothers (29th), a staunch ally of Mayor Richard Daley, was indicted today on charges he accepted about $40,000 in improvements to his residence as well as meals and tickets t...
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| 2009 May 29 |
Ald. Carothers reveals that he's been wearing a wire, cooperating with Feds for over a year
Federal court documents unsealed Thursday as Ald. Isaac Carothers (29th) was indicted on corruption charges suggest Carothers himself has been cooperating with federal investigators and ...
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| 2009 Jun 1 |
Mayor Daley encourages a "wait and see" on Carothers
Indicted Ald. Isaac Carothers (29th) should not be asked to step aside as powerful chairman of the City Council’s Police and Fire Committee because, “in America, you’re innocent until pro...
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| 2009 Jun 8 |
Alderman Ike Carothers pleads not guilty to bribery and fraud charges
"We can go to trial is we choose to, depending on the evidence, we could attempt to plead guilty. We could do all kinds of things" —Larry Beaumonth, Ike Carothers' attorney
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| 2009 Nov 5 |
Naperville businessman charged with bribing Ike Carothers
It was June, 2008, when a Naperville businessman met with an influential city alderman to talk about winning lucrative airport concessions contracts.
Their discussion was part in code ...
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