Ex-Redflex CEO details contract steering at red light cameras trial
The often secret but legendary power politics at City Hall played a major role in a bribery scheme that propelled Chicago's red light camera program into the largest in the...
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Redflex salesman testifies his role was ‘to keep John Bills happy’
A top salesman for Chicago's former red light camera vendor distrusted his own bosses so much that he secretly — and illegally — recorded conversations as he orchestrated a $2...
Trial of central figure in red-light camera scandal enters 2nd week
One of the most brazen City Hall corruption cases in Chicago's storied history of graft enters its second week of testimony Tuesday with both sides sorting through a decade of...
Friends say red light camera figure always paid with wads of cash
A half-dozen friends and acquaintances of the former city official accused of taking bribes to install red light cameras took the witness stand Friday to detail his practice of using...
Bagman in Chicago red light camera case testifies he feared prison
The man who says he funneled more than half a million dollars in bribes to Chicago's top red light camera official testified Thursday that he feared he would die in...
Bagman says he handed over $557,000 in cash bribes at lunches
The admitted bagman in a bribery scheme that brought red light cameras to Chicago testified Wednesday that he passed envelopes stuffed with thousands in cash at a time to a...
Jury picked, openings Wednesday in red light cameras trial
Attorneys are scheduled to deliver their opening salvos Wednesday morning after a federal jury was impaneled in the trial of a former city manager accused of taking up to $2...
Jury selection continues as red-light camera trial could open Tuesday
Jury selection was suspended for the evening on Monday in the federal bribery trial of a former city transportation manager charged in a bribery conspiracy that prosecutors say brought red-light...
Central figure in Chicago’s red-light camera bribery scandal goes on trial
In his colorful 32-year career with the city, John Bills rode his political connections to rise from street lamp maintenance man to the top Transportation Department official responsible for growing...
Cameras catch public employees speeding
Chicago's speed cameras have generated nearly 8,000 citations issued to public employees and school bus drivers since the program began in October 2013 under Mayor Rahm Emanuel. In most cases,...