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Salinas pleads guilty to federal bribery charge, resigns from council seat
Disgraced Hammond City Councilman Al Salinas resigned from office Monday, just a few hours after pleading guilty to taking more than $10,000 in kickbacks for steering city work to a contractor.
Westville corrections officer charged with bribery, trafficking
WESTVILLE | A Westville Correctional Facility officer was arrested and charged with bribery and trafficking Friday after allegedly attempting to bring tobacco products to an inmate there.
Chicago jail guard, a Portage man, indicted on bribery charges
HAMMOND | A 51-year-old Portage man is accused of taking bribes in his position as a guard at the federal Metropolitan Correctional Center in Chicago.
Munster resident admits to bribing Hammond councilman
HAMMOND | The owner of a tree-trimming service agreed Tuesday to plead guilty to paying a bribe to a Hammond city councilman in exchange for city work, federal court records show.
Recent editorials from Indiana newspapers
Early prison release raises red flag
Jesse White says Smith flub not fatal flaw
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. | It's never good for a politician to find a protégé in the criminal cross hairs of the Justice Department.
GUEST EDITORIALS: May fourth felonious governor be the final one
So Rod Blagojevich is one corrupt cat who does not own nine lives, after all.
South suburban building inspector charged in bribery scheme
A south suburban building inspector has been charged with accepting cash bribes to influence the outcome of building code violations at two Riverdale apartment buildings, according to the Cook County state's attorney's office.
Blagojevich jurors suggest they're deadlocked
CHICAGO | After more than a week of silence, jurors in the corruption trial of former Gov. Rod Blagojevich threw the courtroom into confusion Wednesday when they sent a note to the judge suggesting they may be deadlocked on at least some counts.
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