Arrest warrant issued for Mel Reynolds
A federal judge has issued an arrest warrant for indicted former U.S. Rep. Mel Reynolds for failing to comply with his order for Reynolds to return to Chicago from a trip to South Africa.
A bench warrant was issued by U.S. District Court Judge John Darrah.
Reynolds told Darrah in an open letter Thursday that he's staying abroad to care for his ailing daughter. Reynolds says his daughter is suffering from scoliosis and may also have cervical cancer. Reynolds asked Darrah "to show some compassion and understand."
Defense attorney Richard Kling said he hadn't known what Reynolds was going to say in his statement but that he has told his client repeatedly that he would be found in violation of the judge's order if he didn't come back to Chicago.
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