Ford Heights mayor's corruption case nears end — 6 years after charges
Source: Suntimes
Six years after Ford Heights Mayor Charles Griffin was charged with embezzling nearly $150,000 from the tiny cash-strapped south suburb, his case could soon come to a conclusion.A trial before Cook County Judge James Obbish quietly got started in recent months and, after a break in June, is slated to resume Monday.When Griffin was charged in August 2018, Cook County State’s Attorney Kim Foxx’s office put out a press release that quoted her as saying, "Theft by a person in a position of public trust is unacceptable and will not be tolerated."But these days, neither Foxx, who's been...