Isaac Carothers

Make Sure This Cop Is Not Silenced

Matt Farmer | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Jody Weis, Chicago Police Department, Mayor Richard M. Daley, Neil Steinberg, Chicago, Isaac Carothers, John R. Andrews, Chicago News
Matt Farmer

Lieutenant John R. Andrews is not a loose cannon. Nor is he a guy in search of his fifteen minutes of fame. He's just a career cop who took a risk by posting his controversial essay on a personal blog.

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Ike Carothers Sentenced To 28 Months For Taking Bribes

Chicago Sun-Times | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Corruption, Carothers Sentenced, Chicago City Council, Ike Carothers, Bribery, Isaac Carothers, Chicago, Chicago News

Former Ald. Isaac "Ike" Carothers (29th) was sentenced to 28 months in federal prison today, four months after pleading guilty plea to taking tens of ...

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Calvin Boender Found Guilty: Developer Convicted Of Bribing Alderman

NBC Chicago | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Obstruction of Justice, Isaac Carothers Indictment, Calvin Boender Trial, Calvin Boender, Cook County Corruption, Alderman Bribary, Isaac Carothers, Chicago Corruption, Bribery, Chicago News

A federal jury has convicted a Chicago developer of bribing an alderman in exchange for his support on a West Side project. Calvin Boender was foun...

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Feds Questioned Daley In Alderman Corruption Case

Chicago Sun-Times | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Calvin Boender, Chicago Mayor Richard Daley, Isaac Carothers, Mayor Daley, Chicago Corruption, Chicago Alderman Corruption, Daley, Richard Daley, Chicago Alderman, Chicago News

The FBI covertly interviewed Mayor Daley two years ago while probing the dealings of a developer and a now convicted Chicago alderman. The mayor wa...

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Mayor Daley Appoints Rep. Deborah Graham, Proco Moreno To City Council

Chicago Tribune | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Chicago City Council, Manny Flores, Deborah Graham, Chicago, Ike Carothers, Illinois, Joe Moreno, Proco Moreno, Isaac Carothers, Chicago News

Mayor Richard Daley made two appointments to vacant City Council seats today, naming a state lawmaker for the 29th Ward and a businessman for the 1st ...

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Mayor Daley Subpoenaed By Calvin Boender's Defense Team: Boender Accused Of Bribing Ald. Issac "Ike" Carothers

Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Calvin Boender Trial, Calvin Boender, Calvin Boener Defense, Mayor Daley Subpoenaed, Mayor Richard Daley, Mayor Daley, Alderman Isaac Carothers, Ald. Ike Carothers, Isaac Carothers, Chicago News

Mayor Daley has been subpoenaed to testify for the defense in the upcoming trial of developer Calvin Boender, who is accused of bribing Ald. Issac "Ik...

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City Accepting Applications For Alderman

Chicago Sun-Times | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Chicago Aldermen, Chicago Politics, Richard M. Daley, Isaac Carothers, Mayor Daley, Chicago Alderman, Chicago News

Who ever heard of an open casting call for a $110,556-a-year government job in Chicago -- a city whose Democratic ward bosses famously said, "We don't...

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Daley Gives Inspector General Power To Investigate Aldermen

Chicago Sun-Times | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Chicago Aldermen, Mayor Richard M. Daley, Chicago Inspector General, Chicago Corruption, City Hall Corruption, Isaac Carothers, Mayor Daley, Chicago News

Mayor Daley today transferred control over city hiring from his $4 million-a-year Office of Compliance to the inspector general and dropped a politica...

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Isaac Carothers Pleads Guilty: Alderman Admits To Taking Bribes

Chicago Sun-Times | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Plea Deal, Bribes, Carothers Plea Deal, Chicago Politics, Chicago Alderman, Isaac Carothers, Chicago News

A key Chicago City Council ally of Mayor Daley resigned today after agreeing to a deal that calls for him to spend more than two years in prison for t...

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Aldermen Use Stealth Fund To Hire Friends, Family, Shady Characters

Chicago Tribune | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Chicago City Council, John Pope, Chicago Corruption, Isaac Carothers, Chicago City Hiring, George Cardenas, Ed Burke, Shakman Decree, Thomas Sadzak, Chicago News

As City Hall struggles to pay for basic services, a stealth budget account worth millions has allowed Chicago aldermen to put family members, campaign...

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Wafeek Aiyash Charged With Offering $100,000 Bribe To Alderman Isaac Carothers

Chicago Sun-Times | Natasha Korecki and Fran Spielman | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Rosemarie Andolino, Wafeek Aiyash, Chicago Corruption, Chicago City Contracts, Chicago Airport Concessions, Isaac Carothers, Chicago News

A Naperville businessman was charged in federal court today with offering a $100,000 bribe to a Chicago alderman in an effort to land concession contr...

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City Council Panel Approves Mandatory Jail Time For Gun Law Violators

Chicago Tribune | Hal Dardick | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Chicago Handgun Ban, Chicago City Council, Chicago Gun Violence, Chicago Gun Laws, Isaac Carothers, Chicago News

A City Council committee today approved an ordinance to require at least a few days behind bars for anyone convicted of illegally carrying a gun under...

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Indicted Alderman Isaac Carothers Pleads Not Guilty

AP | MIKE ROBINSON | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Isaac Carothers Indictment, Carothers Plea, Calvin Boender, Ike Carothers, Chicago Corruption, Isaac Carothers, Chicago-Illinois, Chicago News

CHICAGO — The chairman of the Chicago City Council's police and fire committee pleaded not guilty Monday to charges that he accepted home repair...

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Daley Offers Vague Support For Indicted Alderman Carothers

Chicago Tribune | Dan Mihalopoulos | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Isaac Carothers Indictment, Daley Carothers, Mayor Daley, Isaac Carothers, Chicago News

Mayor Richard Daley today declined to call on indicted longtime ally Ald. Isaac Carothers to step down as chairman of the City Council's Police and Fi...

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Indicted, Cooperating Carothers Returns To City Council

Chicago Sun-Times | Fran Spielman | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Chicago City Council, Carothers Wire, Chicago Corruption, Isaac Carothers, Chicago News

On Monday, indicted Ald. Isaac Carothers (29th) returned to City Hall for the first time since the Chicago Sun-Times disclosed that he, too, had worn ...

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Indicted Alderman Carothers Wore Wire For A Year

Chicago Sun-Times | NATASHA KORECKI, FRAN SPIELMAN AND TIM NOVAK | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Isaac Carothers Indictment, Alderman Isaac Carothers, Ike Carothers, Isaac Carothers, Chicago News

One of Mayor Daley's closest allies on the City Council has been wearing a wire and secretly recording "public officials and real estate developers" f...

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Alderman Carothers Invokes The Words Of James Brown In His Defense

NBC Chicago | PHIL ROGERS | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Ike-Carothers-Indictment, Ike Carothers, James Brown, Isaac Carothers, Chicago News

"Things are not always what they seem." That's the quote from 29th Ward Alderman Isaac Carothers one day after his indictment on charges of accepting ...

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ISAAC CAROTHERS INDICTMENT (READ IT)

Huffington Post | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Isaac Carothers Indictment, Patrick Fitzgerald, Chicago Corruption, Isaac Carothers, Carothers Charges, Carothers Corruption, Alderman Indicted, Ike Carothers, Video, Chicago News

U.S. Attorney Patrick Fitzgerald announced the indictments of Ald. Isaac "Ike" Carothers (29th) and real estate developer Calvin Boender on bribery an...

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Alderman Isaac 'Ike' Carothers Indicted On Federal Corruption Charges

Huffington Post | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Chicago Corruption, Ike Carothers Indictment, Chicago Politics, Ike Carothers, Isaac Carothers, Patrick Fitzgerald, Calvin Boender, Galewood Yards, Rsd Galewood, Chicago News

CHICAGO (AP) -- A Chicago alderman was indicted Thursday on federal fraud and bribery charges for allegedly accepting $40,000 in home improvements fro...

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Ald. Carothers Under Federal Investigation: Report

Chicago Sun-Times | Fran Spielman | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Chicago City Council Corruption, Patrick Fitzgerald, Carothers Investigation, Fitzgerald Carothers, Ike Carothers, Ald. Carothers, Isaac Carothers, Chicago News

Sources said a federal investigation of Ald. Isaac Carothers (29th) is heating up, and it apparently goes far beyond Carothers' relationship with a Ch...

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