CHICAGO — A former alderman on supervised release on a fraud conviction had a blood alcohol concentration of nearly four times the legal limit after being found slumped over in his vehicle with a half-empty bottle of rum at his side in May, federal prosecutors allege.
In a Monday court filing, the government seeks to revoke the supervised release of Ricardo Muñoz, the longtime 22nd Ward alderman who retired in 2019. The terms of his supervised release required he stay out of trouble with the law and refrain from any use of alcohol.
According to a police report, witnesses said Muñoz’s vehicle veered into oncoming traffic and “slow…
