Isaac Carothers

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

Chicago Sun-Times | Natasha Korecki and Fran Spielman | Posted 11.05.2009 | Chicago


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...

City Council Panel Approves Mandatory Jail Time For Gun Law Violators

Chicago Tribune | Hal Dardick | Posted 10.19.2009 | Chicago


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...

Indicted Alderman Isaac Carothers Pleads Not Guilty

AP | MIKE ROBINSON | Posted 07.09.2009 | Chicago


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

Daley Offers Vague Support For Indicted Alderman Carothers

Chicago Tribune | Dan Mihalopoulos | Posted 07.03.2009 | Chicago


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...

Indicted, Cooperating Carothers Returns To City Council

Chicago Sun-Times | Fran Spielman | Posted 07.02.2009 | Chicago


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 ...

Alderman Carothers Invokes The Words Of James Brown In His Defense

NBC Chicago | PHIL ROGERS | Posted 06.29.2009 | Chicago


"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 ...

Indicted Alderman Carothers Wore Wire For A Year

Chicago Sun-Times | NATASHA KORECKI, FRAN SPIELMAN AND TIM NOVAK | Posted 06.29.2009 | Chicago


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...

ISAAC CAROTHERS INDICTMENT (READ IT)

Huffington Post | Posted 06.28.2009 | Chicago


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

Alderman Isaac 'Ike' Carothers Indicted On Federal Corruption Charges

Huffington Post | Posted 06.28.2009 | Chicago


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

Ald. Carothers Under Federal Investigation: Report

Chicago Sun-Times | Fran Spielman | Posted 03.21.2009 | Chicago


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