Jun 13, 2007 7:07 pm US/Central
Troutman Indicted For Allegedly Accepting Bribe
by Mike Robinson, AP Legal Affairs Writer
CHICAGO (AP) ―
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Former Ald. Arenda Troutman (File)
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A former Chicago alderman was indicted Wednesday on charges that she took $10,000 in payoffs to get access to a South Side alley for a developer who unknown to her was also a government mole.
Arenda Troutman, the former 20th Ward alderman, was arrested in January. Voters bounced her out of her City Council seat in February.
The indictment charged Troutman with one count of bribery. It alleges that she accepted $5,000 in cash and a $5,000 check made out to the "Twentieth Ward Women's Auxiliary" in exchange for writing a letter to city departments urging access to the alley for the developer.
The developer's name was not disclosed by the government. He was simply referred to as "Individual A." But the indictment said that he was working for the government as part of an investigation.
The auxiliary was part of the ward organization, the indictment said.
A message left for defense attorney Samuel E. Adam was not immediately returned Wednesday. He had told reporters earlier that "there was nothing fraudulent going on."
A spokesman for the U.S. attorney's office, Randall Samborn, said that Troutman, who has been free on bond since her arrest, would be summoned later for arraignment on the charge.
The maximum penalty for the bribery charge is 10 years in prison and a $250,000 fine.
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