The Chicago Sun-Times reports:
Former Ald. Arenda Troutman pleaded guilty to two federal counts this afternoon, including admitting to taking bribes as an alderman. Troutman could face up to 56 months in prison.
Troutman once adamantly denied taking part in bribe-taking in exchange for zoning preferences while she was alderman. But the FBI ran an undercover sting, recording Troutman while she allegedly engaged in illegal transactions.
Troutman was notoriously captured on tape saying that all aldermen are “ho's.”
Will Alderman Troutman do more time than
Alderman Roti? Alderman Troutman is the 28th Alderman since 1973 to be convicted of a serious crime.Few professions have a higher felony conviction rate.
The Chicago Tribune has this amazing fact:
Troutman is the first Chicago alderman to be convicted on corruption charges since Percy Giles (37th) in 1999. Between 1972 and 1999, an average of one alderman a year was convicted of wrongdoing.
