Cooperation might get the former mayor of Chicago suburb McCook a leaner prison sentence, but federal prosecutors didn’t spare harsh words in their summation of Jeff Tobolski’s crimes.
“Tobolski was an elected official who put personal profit over his constituent’s interests,” Assistant U.S. Attorney TIffany Ardam wrote in a sentencing memorandum. He “regularly employed corrupt tactics to extort money or solicit bribes from anyone doing business in McCook or Cook County.”
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Ardam described Tobolski as an “entitled” person who engaged in an ” aggressive and persistent cash grab to enrich himself.” Prosecutors say he agreed to accept more than $250,000 in bribes and extortion payments.
Tobolski served as mayor of McCook and a Cook County commissioner before abruptly resigning sooner after the FBI raided his suburban offices in 2020…