CHICAGO (WBBM NEWSRADIO) -- A former deputy aviation commissioner for the city of Chicago has been indicted for bribery.
WBBM's Steve Miller reports.
"Political operative" is how both the Chicago Tribune and Sun-Times refer to William Helm, now facing a federal bribery charge.
A two-page indictment Thursday said Helm and his consulting company were hired by “Construction Company A” to try to get the Illinois Department of Transportation to approve roadwork that Company A wanted to do in East Dundee.
Helm allegedly bribed Martin Sandoval, then chairman of the Illinois Senate Transportation Committee, to push IDOT to give Company A the approval it wanted.
Sandoval has already entered a guilty plea in another case.