TINLEY PARK, Ill. (AP) — An investigation has determined that a suburban Chicago mayor was “borderline reckless,” but shouldn’t be criminally prosecuted for directing a party bus as a passenger around police traffic cones following a summer concert.
Attorney Charles Hervas wrote in an Oct. 20 report of his investigation into an ethics complaint that Tinley Park Mayor Jacob Vandenberg’s behavior following a Paul McCartney concert on July 26 was “inappropriate and misguided,” but “does not rise to the level deserving punishment under the Illinois Criminal Code’s Office Misconduct Provision.”
The Daily Southtown reports that the complaint filed in August by Tinley Park resident Michael Stuckly accused Vandenberg of using his position to gain special treatment and resisted or obstructed police.
Police records show Vandenberg began moving traffic cones meant to keep traffic flowing without permission.
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