Overview

• On August 11, U.S. District Chief Judge Virginia Kendall sentenced Tobolski to four years in prison for orchestrating an extensive extortion and bribery scheme as both McCook mayor and Cook County commissioner
• Judge Kendall rebuked Tobolski as a “Jekyll and Hyde” figure whose abuse of power terrorized McCook’s roughly 300 residents
• Tobolski pleaded guilty in 2020, admitting to collecting more than $250,000 in illicit payments, including $29,700 from a McCook restaurant owner
• He cooperated extensively with federal investigators by testifying before a grand jury without protection and secretly recording conversations that led to prosecutions of co-defendants
• He is scheduled to report to prison on November 3, 2025, in a case that has become emblematic of a broader federal corruption probe in suburban Illinois