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Two New Lenox men indicted in alleged
Chicago White Sox ticket-selling scheme
Sean Hastings, Editor
From Feb. 3
Two former employees
of the Chicago White Sox
were indicted for their
alleged involvement in
fraudulently selling thousands
of tickets to White
Sox games, according to
a press release issued Jan.
31 by the United State’s
Attorney’s Office for the
Northern District of Illinois
on Jan. 31.
While working as ticket
sellers, James Costello,
66, and William O’Neil,
51, both of New Lenox,
generated complementary
and discount game tickets
without the team’s authorization
and gave them to
ticket broker Bruce Lee,
34, of Chicago, in exchange
for cash payments,
according to the release.
The indictment notes
Lee, who owned the Chicago-based
ticket brokerage
Great Tickets, sold approximately
34,876 tickets
obtained from Costello
and O’Neil on StubHub
below face value during
the 2016-2019 baseball
seasons for approximately
$868,369. The White Sox,
meanwhile, reportedly suffered
a loss of roughly $1
million.
Costello is charged with
one count of wire fraud;
O’Neil is charged with one
count of making a false
statement to the FBI; and
Lee is charged with 11
counts of wire fraud and
two counts of money laundering.
Each count of wire
fraud is punishable up to
20 years in federal prison,
while each money laundering
count carries a maximum
10-year sentence,
and the false statement
charge is punishable by up
to five years in prison.
Arraignments have not
been scheduled, according
to the release.
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New Lenox Village Board of Trustees
Water main replacement on
Route 30 planned to begin in
spring, finish by end of year
Sean Hastings, Editor
Construction on the water
main replacement on
Route 30 likely will begin
in spring and finish by the
end of the year, the New
Lenox Village Board announced
during its Jan. 27
meeting.
The board also approved
the bid award for
the project to Len Cox &
Sons Excavating at the
cost of $3.82 million.
The vote carried with all
in favor, minus the votes
of Keith Madsen and Annette
Bowden, who were
absent.
The project will begin
once the loan process is
approved by the State.
One concern expressed
by Trustee David Smith
was “how bad is it going
to mess up Route 30” in
relation to traffic.
Civil engineer Will
Nash said it will be bad
for a little while, mainly
down by Oak Drive and
Pine Street.
“Other than that, we
should be out of the street
for most of it,” he added.
Nash also assured the
board that there will be
minimal water service interruption
to the area.
“When we have to take
them off of the old water
main that is out there
and tie them on to the
new one, we’ll coordinate
with all those businesses
out there,” Nash said.
“There will be a duration
of time, a couple hours,
half a day at the most,
where they might be out
of water. We’ll work with
those businesses to do
that at the most opportune
time.”
The board also approved
all in favor of adopting a
complete streets policy.
Assistant Village Administrator/
Community
3
Development Director
Robin Ellis said it is
something the Village
has already been doing,
but did not have a formal
policy.
The decision comes as
the Will County Governmental
League is using a
new scoring system for
awarding service transportation
funding and
having a complete streets
policy allows the Village
to get more points.
Complete streets policy
is the concept that streets
is more than just for vehicles.
It’s pedestrians,
bicyclists, transits, and all
ages and abilities,” Ellis
said. “This would establish
that and say that we
will give consideration to
all modes and abilities on
future projects.”
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