A onetime top aide to former Ald. Carrie Austin is set to plead guilty to bribery charges next month alleging they solicited home improvement perks from a developer seeking Austin’s influence at City Hall.

Chester Wilson, 59, was indicted along with Austin more than four years ago on charges of bribery and theft of government funds. He had been scheduled to go to trial in November, however at a brief status hearing Monday, the parties informed U.S. District Judge John Kness that a plea agreement had been reached in the case.

Kness set a change of plea hearing for Oct. 29. Wilson’s attorneys were not immediately available for comment.

The development comes two months after Kness ruled that Austin, now 76, was medically unfit to stand trial . She represented the 34th Ward in the City Co

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