- Two more former Chicago police officers pleaded guilty this morning to charges related to illegally searching drug dealers and gang suspects and stealing money from them.
Ex-Sgt. James McGovern pleaded guilty in Cook County Criminal Court to misdemeanor attempted obstruction of justice and was sentenced to two years probation, and former Officer Frank Villareal pleaded guilty to felony theft and was sentenced to four years probation.
That brings the number of guilty pleas so far in the probe of the former elite Special Operations Section of the Chicago Police Department to seven.
It's been a busy 10 days or so. And the main event is still to come. It looks like all the pleas are leading up to some supervisor culpability as hinted at in earlier stories this week.
If everyone who's supposed to cooperate does, and some supervisors catch an indictment or two, and all the motion hearings follow the typical schedule, we should be heading to trial just in time for the next contract negotiations. Odd how that works out.
If everyone who's supposed to cooperate does, and some supervisors catch an indictment or two, and all the motion hearings follow the typical schedule, we should be heading to trial just in time for the next contract negotiations. Odd how that works out.
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