State Crime Reports

Former Cook County Forest Preserve District Engineer Charged With Accepting $10,000 in Kickbacks From Two District Contracts

CHICAGO–(ENEWSPF)–October 31, 2013.  Two facilities of the Forest Preserve District of Cook County, which were spruced up in 2011, became part of an FBI sting investigation that resulted in federal charges against a former assistant engineer for allegedly taking $10,000 in kickbacks from two contracts he steered to a contractor who was cooperating with law enforcement. The defendant, JOSEPH MOLLICA, was indicted yesterday on two counts of federal bribery, law enforcement officials announced today.

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