Feds charge 3 relatives of Harvey, Ill., mayor in ongoing probe
CHICAGO - A federal probe of the Cook County city of Harvey appeared to be closing in on longtime Mayor Eric Kellogg as three of his relatives as well as one of his key consultants were charged in what authorities billed as an ongoing investigation.
Federal agents seized evidence during raids on both Harvey's municipal building and Police Department.
Among those charged were Kellogg's brother and a cousin for allegedly extorting regular cash payoffs from a Harvey strip club to protect its prostitution activities.
Separate charges accused Donald Luster, a twice-convicted felon and former mayor of Dixmoor, as well as an alleged "bagman" of soliciting bribes from the owner of a towing company in a nearby suburb. Luster
