Ex-Illinois lawmaker charged with red-light camera bribery

Federal prosecutors filed bribery and tax charges on Monday against a former Illinois state senator who led the powerful transportation committee, alleging he accepted payments in exchangefor supporting costly red-light camera programs across the state.The U.S. attorney's office in Chicago listed the charges against Sen. Martin Sandoval in atwo-page filing in U.S. District Court.The 56-year-old Chicago Democrat “corruptly solicited, demanded, agreed to accept and accepted” payments f