Illinois Secretary of State Jesse White, State Representative Derrick Smith (D-10th) and 27th ward Alderman Walter Burnett, Jr. together for ribbon cutting ceremony at The New National Hellenic Museum – December 8, 2011

State representative Derrick Smith leaves the Federal Building after his arraignment Tuesday March 13, 2012. Federal agents arrested Smith today on a federal bribery charge for allegedly accepting a $7,000 cash bribe to write an official letter of support for a daycare center that he believed was seeking a state grant, federal authorities announced. The 48-year-old Smith, who represents the 10th District on the West Side, was charged with one count of accepting a bribe. | TOM CRUZE~Sun-Times