In a sweeping reversal, federal prosecutors drop the 17 most serious charges against four-term West Side legislator La Shawn Ford. The state representative admitted he misstated the value of a property and told the IRS it was worth more. For that indiscretion, Ford has agreed to plead guilty to one misdemeanor tax charge. Carol Marin has the details of what changed in the government's felony bank fraud case.

Read the original indictment of Ford.Read superseding information filed Monday, Aug. 4, charging Ford with one count of delivering a false federal income tax return for 2007.Read Ford’s plea agreement.

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Indictment of Ford.pdf

Ford superseding information.pdf

Ford Plea Agreement.pdf