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    Former Teamsters boss John Coli Sr. sentenced to 19 months in federal prison in extortion case

    by Jason Meisner, Chicago Tribune Oct 26, 2022 4 minutes
    John Coli Sr., former boss of the Teamsters in Chicago, walks out of court after pleading guilty to extortion at Chicago's Dirksen U.S. Courthouse on July 30, 2019.

    CHICAGO — Former Teamsters union boss John Coli Sr. once basked in a reputation as a tough-nosed, nationally known organized labor figure, rubbing elbows with the state’s political and business elite, running up $15,000 tabs at Chicago steakhouses, and cruising around the Mediterranean on other people’s yachts.

    But Coli cut a different figure in a federal courtroom in Chicago on Wednesday, where he quietly apologized before being sentenced to 19 months in federal prison for taking hundreds of thousands of dollars in illegal cash payments from the head of a Chicago film studio.

    In rejecting defense calls for probation, U.S. District Chief Judge Rebecca Pallmeyer said “there is a price we all pay for public corruption,” particularly

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