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The former police chief of west suburban McCook was sentenced to more than two years in federal prison Wednesday for conspiring with the town’s then-mayor to extort two businessmen out of tens of thousands of dollars, a scheme the judge called breathtaking in its depth of corruption. Mario DePasquale, 50, pleaded guilty last year to one count of conspiracy to commit extortion, admitting he ...

The former police chief of west suburban McCook pleaded guilty Wednesday to conspiring with the tiny town’s then-mayor to extort two businessmen out of tens of thousands of dollars. Mario DePasquale, 49, pleaded guilty to one count of conspiracy to commit extortion during a brief hearing before U.S. District Judge Elaine Bucklo. Preliminary sentencing guidelines call for up to about three ...