A federal judge sentenced former Ald. Ricardo Munoz to 13 months in prison for stealing nearly $38,000 from the Chicago Progressive Reform Caucus.
Before pronouncing sentence, U.S. District Judge John Kness had said if he allowed Munoz to avoid prison, the community"would draw the wrong message, and a negative message."
The guilty plea from Munoz, who represented the 22nd Ward, made him the latest in a long line of City Council members convicted of federal crimes. Patrick Daley Thompson was convicted by a federal jury just last month, costing him his seat on the council, where he represented the 11th Ward. That prompted federal prosecutors, who asked for a one-year prison sentence for Munoz, to respond that"public officials ... need to know that when they break the law, they will be held accountable."
Munoz announced his retirement from the City Council in 2018. Before he pleaded guilty last year, he told the judge he considers himself to be"retired" rather than unemployed. Munoz made $10,560 in cash withdrawals from the progressive caucus account in November and December 2018, including while he was on vacation in New York in late November 2018, it said.
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