Ex-Congressman Mel Reynolds indicted on income tax charges

Former U.S. representative Mel Reynolds has been indicted on allegations he failed to file income tax returns from 2009 through 2012.

The four-count indictment, made public Friday, charged that Reynolds failed to file a tax return for each of the four years despite receiving “gross income in excess of the amount required to file an income tax return.” No arraignment date has been set for Reynolds, 63.

A former Rhodes Scholar and rising star in the Democratic Party, Reynolds was convicted in the 1990s for having sex with an underage campaign worker and for bank and campaign fraud.