Ex-assessor's office employee avoids prison after cooperating with feds in bribery probe

A man who once worked for the Cook County assessor’s office has become the latest person to avoid prison after being caught up in a bribery scandal — but only after he spent eight years helping the feds and recorded hundreds of conversations, according to his lawyers. U.S. District Judge John Kness on Thursday sentenced Lavdim Memisovski to 18 months of probation. He did so after prosecutors said Memisovski’s assistance had been “integral” to securing several felony convictions tied to…