Thursday, February 23, 2006
Daley Patronage Chief Robert Sorich and Alleged Accomplices Get More Charges
The Chicago U.S. Attorney’s Office has handed down an indictment which adds new mail fraud charges against Mayor Richard Daley’s patronage chief Robert Sorich and alleged accomplices Tim McCarthy and Patrick Slattery.
Count 4 says that Sorich advised Water Department Employee B that she had received a promotion to Career Service Motor Truck Driver in late September 2001.
Count 5, another new mail fraud charge, says in early July 2004, Sorich and Tim McCarthy “did knowingly cause” an envelope to be delivered to Buildings Employee A telling him that he did not get an appointment of Building Inspector.
Count 6 charges Patrick Slattery of mail fraud when he mailed a letter to a Deputy Trustee of Laborer’s District Council, Local 1001, “concerning promotion of Hand Laborers to Seasonal Laborers” in early August 2004.
This superceding indictment follows closing the February 15th court decision by Judge David H. Coar, which ruled the three’s “No One Could Have Guessed” defense not worthy of consideration.
Count 4 says that Sorich advised Water Department Employee B that she had received a promotion to Career Service Motor Truck Driver in late September 2001.
Count 5, another new mail fraud charge, says in early July 2004, Sorich and Tim McCarthy “did knowingly cause” an envelope to be delivered to Buildings Employee A telling him that he did not get an appointment of Building Inspector.
Count 6 charges Patrick Slattery of mail fraud when he mailed a letter to a Deputy Trustee of Laborer’s District Council, Local 1001, “concerning promotion of Hand Laborers to Seasonal Laborers” in early August 2004.
This superceding indictment follows closing the February 15th court decision by Judge David H. Coar, which ruled the three’s “No One Could Have Guessed” defense not worthy of consideration.
