CHICAGO – The brother of the Chicago Bears Hall of Fame linebacker, Brian Urlacher, was forgiven for federal charges he recruited for a multimillion-dollar illegal offshore gaming network.
Casey Urlacher, mayor of the tiny Mettawa suburb of Chicago, was among those pardoned in the final hours of President Donald Trump’s term as part of a wave of clemency actions that benefited more than 140 people.
Casey Urlacher, 41, was charged last February and pleaded not guilty the following month.
He also played football, but with limited success, having played at Lake Forest College and the Arena Football League before becoming mayor of a village with less than 550 inhabitants in 2013.
Brian Urlacher supported Trump, contributing to the Trump campaign shortly after his brother was indicted and visiting the White House and presenting the president with a number 54 shirt from the Chicago Bears days after his brother pleaded not guilty.
In a statement announcing the pardon on Wednesday morning, the White House said Casey Urlacher “was committed to public service and always returned to his community”, adding that his mayoral position is unpaid and that he “is a husband dedicated to wife and a loving father to his 17-month-old daughter. “