It's been a bad week for Alderwoman Arenda Troutman, 20th Ward, who has been fighting allegations that she has friendships with members of the Black Disciples street gang. Troutman held a press ...

A recommendation from the commission would be referred to Alderman Arenda Troutman’s city council committee on historical landmarks. St. Gelasius is in her 20th Ward. “So much has been ...

Keane (31st). Bottom row, l-r: James Laski (23rd); Edward R. Vrdolyak (10th); Sandi Jackson (7th); Arenda Troutman (20th). Sun-Times, AP file photos. Share Former Ald. Ricardo Muñoz (22nd ...

Arenda Troutman, 20th Ward alderman Accused of taking thousands of dollars in payoffs and campaign money from developers seeking political favors, Troutman was sentenced to four years in prison in ...

He spent nine and a half months behind bars. Arenda Troutman, the first female alderman indicted while still in office, served as 20th Ward alderman from 1990 until 2007, when Cochran won in the midst ...

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 ...

Or, as erstwhile Ald. Arenda Troutman once put it to an FBI mole seeking to smooth the way for a real estate development, "What do I get out of it?" Troutman's audacious self-dealing hardly stands ...

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.

Cochran, a former police seargant, was elected to alderman in 2007, beating long-time alderman Arenda Troutman. At the time, Troutman had been arrested for accepting a bribe from a federal informant.

Cochran is one such case. Cochran's 20th Ward predecessor, Arenda Troutman, was sentenced in 2009 to four years in prison for accepting $10,000 in bribes to secure a developer alley access.

Cochran is the third of the last four 20th Ward aldermen elected to be indicted. Two others, including his immediate predecessor Arenda Troutman went to prison.