Luis Arroyo bribery case: Ex-state consultant set to

It’s former state Rep. Luis Arroyo’s flip to step in entrance of a federal decide. He is due for arraignment Tuesday earlier than U.S. District Judge Steven Seeger on the Dirksen Federal Courthouse. First charged in October, federal prosecutors final month filed a one-page charging doc often known as an info towards Arroyo, accusing him of bribery. Though it repeated earlier allegations, the submitting was important as a result of an info usually alerts a defendant’s intention to plead responsible. Multiple calls searching for remark from Arroyo’s lawyer, Michael Gillespie, have gone unreturned. Arroyo is one among 4 elected officers charged on account of the feds’ ongoing prison investigations into public corruption. Last week, former

Arroyo says he didn’t attempt to repair pal’s ticket, questions

Cook County Commissioner Luis Arroyo Jr. now says he didn’t ask to dismiss a pal’s parking ticket when he received concerned in a scenario documented in a Cook County Inspector General report. The “accusation” that he did, which was leveled in opposition to him within the report launched final week by Inspector General Patrick Blanchard, now makes Arroyo and different commissioners involved about Blanchard’s “fitness for this position,” Arroyo mentioned in an announcement launched Monday. “I requested that the situation surrounding the issuing of the parking ticket be investigated because I believe this ticket was issued as a result of racial bias and discrimination,” Arroyo mentioned. Blanchard mentioned he had no touch upon the assertion.