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Feds want 10 year sentence in red-light camera bribery case

Posted August 17, 2016 7:00 am

The Associated Press

CHICAGO (AP) - Federal prosecutors want a 10-year prison sentence for a former Chicago official convicted of taking bribes to steer $100 million in red-light camera contracts to a Phoenix company.

The Chicago Sun-Times reports (http://bit.ly/2aYliNY ) that federal prosecutors in memo filed with the court Monday evening asked U.S. District Judge Virginia Kendall to consider a 10-year sentence "as a floor" for John Bills. The former second-in-command at Chicago's Department of Transportation was convicted in January of bribery, conspiracy and extortion.

Bills was accused of accepting envelopes stuffed with cash, along with gifts - including condos in two states and a Mercedes - to help Redflex Traffic Systems obtain contracts in a decade-long scheme.

Bills' attorney, Nishay Sanan, asked for a lenient sentence and said Bills "made some bad decisions."

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Information from: Chicago Sun-Times, http://chicago.suntimes.com/

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