Former Chicago alderman gets year in prison for misusing ward charitable fund
by Jason Meisner, Chicago Tribune
Jun 24, 2019
3 minutes
CHICAGO - Another convicted Chicago alderman is headed to prison.
Former Alderman Willie Cochran was sentenced to one year in prison Monday by U.S. District Judge Jorge Alonso for using a ward charity fund like his personal piggy bank, including paying for gambling trips, fancy meals and accessories for his Mercedes-Benz.
After court, a defiant Cochran accused federal prosecutors of lying and exaggerating allegations of misconduct against him, saying that pleading guilty "was a mistake."
"There's no justice in this," Cochran told reporters in the lobby of
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