State Sen. Elgie Sims approached in federal criminal investigation into alleged influence peddling by body-cam company – Chicago Tribune/MSN

Sims, 51, a Chicago Democrat who spearheaded the state’s massive criminal justice reform law passed last year and represents portions of the South Side and south suburbs, was contacted by the FBI in early May as the investigation intensified, according to two sources who have knowledge of the investigation but are not authorized to speak about it publicly.