Despite a tearful plea for mercy, proclaiming she's "no monster," former Ald. Arenda Troutman was sentenced Tuesday to four years in prison on mail fraud and tax fraud charges that were part of a ...

Former Ald. Arenda Troutman was sentenced to four years in prison Tuesday for mail and tax fraud. Troutman admitted that for several years she had solicited cash from developers to back their ...

An emotional Arenda Troutman asked the judge for leniency so she could remain with her three young sons and care for her sick mother. While the judge had the discretion to give Troutman above or ...

Arenda Troutman (20 th Ward): Pleaded guilty in 2008 Admitted to soliciting donations from developers. She was convicted on bribery charges and was convicted and sentenced to four years in prison.

But he died in office, and his successor Arenda Troutman got a four-year prison sentence in 2009 for shaking down developers, despite tearfully insisting, “I am not a criminal ,and I never ...

Ald. Arenda Troutman (20th) said Monday that she believes the federal government is trying to dirty her reputation by suggesting the white powder seized from her home and office was an illegal ...

Middle row, from left: Arenda Troutman (20th); William Carothers (28th); Ambrosio Medrano (25th); Edward R. Vrdolyak (10th). Bottom row, from left: James Laski (23rd); Thomas E. Keane (31st ...

I can understand why Mayor Daley stiffed former 20th Ward alderman Arenda Troutman at yesterday’s ceremony for the new Kennedy-King campus in Englewood. After her indictment last year ...

CHICAGO (AP) -- Alderman Arenda Troutman is facing a federal bribery charge, but her attorney says her challengers in next month's city election are the ones who should be scared. "Bring your A ...