Rezko Update: Springfield power broker Cellini guilty of extortion, aiding bribery

The Chicago Sun-Times reports:

A federal jury found William Cellini, a Springfield powerbroker who for decades pulled the strings in state government, guilty Tuesday of extortion and aiding and abetting bribery.

Cellini, 76, was accused of trying to shake down investment firm owner Thomas Rosenberg, the producer of the Oscar-winning movie “Million Dollar Baby,” for a campaign contribution to then-Gov. Rod Blagojevich, in exchange for continued state pension business.

Blago and Rezko are supposed to be sentenced in the coming weeks now that this trial is over.