Cicero official's nephew busted again

CICERO, Ill., Jan. 29 (UPI) -- A nephew of the town president of Cicero, Ill., allegedly used a city hall car while on break from his city job to steal beer from a supermarket, police said.

Joseph Terrana, 41, was charged with stealing $287 worth of beer on two occasions, loading the allegedly pilfered suds into a Town of Cicero car while wearing a Town of Cicero employee jacket.

Terrana has a relatively long rap sheet and was on probation when he was busted last week; however he is also the nephew of Town President Larry Dominick and had a part-time government job driving senior citizens, the Chicago Sun-Times said Sunday.

"President Dominick is not involved in the case at all," Cicero spokesman Ray Hanania said in a written statement. "Any decision about Terrana's status will be based on the results of the IG's (inspector general) investigation. No action has been taken against him pending the investigation."

Terrana was hired as a trash collector in Cicero in 2007 shortly after Dominick married Terrana's aunt. He had to resign that position two years later for allegations of unspecified improprieties, the Sun-Times said.