The Latest: Ex-US Rep Reynolds released on recognizance
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}FILE - In this July 30, 2015 file photo, former Illinois Congressman Mel Reynolds talks on his cell phone as he leaves federal court in Chicago after pleading not guilty to federal tax charges. Reynolds was taken into federal custody Monday morning April 11, 2016, in Atlanta after a judge in Chicago ordered his arrest because he didn't appear for a hearing in a tax case last month, federal officials said. (AP Photo/M. Spencer Green, File) (The Associated Press)
The Latest on the arrest of former U.S. Rep. Mel Reynolds. (all times local):
3:45 p.m.
Federal prosecutors say former U.S. Rep. Mel Reynolds has been released on his own recognizance after his arrest in Atlanta.
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}Reynolds was taken into custody Monday after a judge in Chicago ordered his arrest when he didn't appear for a hearing in a tax case.
Reynolds has pleaded not guilty on a misdemeanor charge of failing to file income tax returns from 2009 to 2012. He was arrested at the Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport after arriving on a flight from South Africa.
Assistant U.S. Attorney Joseph Fitzpatrick said in an email that Reynolds appeared in court and has been released.
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}Fitzpatrick says Reynolds' case is expected to go to trial May 2 in Chicago and prosecutors expect him to be there for it.
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11:45 a.m.
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}Authorities say former U.S. Rep. Mel Reynolds is in federal custody in Atlanta after a judge in Chicago ordered his arrest when he didn't appear for a hearing in a tax case.
U.S. Marshals Service spokeswoman Belkis Cantor Sandoval said Reynolds was arrested Monday morning at Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport in Atlanta after arriving on a flight from Johannesburg.
U.S. District Judge John Darrah ordered an arrest warrant March 31 when Reynolds told the judge he wouldn't appear in court as ordered because his 23-year-old daughter in South Africa has scoliosis and may also have cervical cancer.
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}Reynolds' attorney, Richard Kling, said Reynolds would appear Monday afternoon before a federal magistrate.
Reynolds has pleaded not guilty on a misdemeanor charge of failing to file income tax returns from 2009 to 2012.