Ardelean Case Thrown Out

No probable cause.

• A Cook County judge today ruled that a Chicago police officer accused of drunk driving in a fatal crash on Thanksgiving 2007 was arrested and detained without probable cause.

  Judge Thomas V. Gainer Jr. also called the police lieutenant who ordered Officer John Ardelean's arrest not a credible witness.

  "Probable cause to arrest in this case comes down to the credibility of Lt. (John) Magruder and this court does not believe Lt. Magruder's testimony," Gainer wrote in his opinion.

  Gainer also wrote he had found "no conspiracy to protect this defendant by rogue officers acting without regard to their oath ..."
  

We sure hope Lt. McGruder has a nice house, because Ardelean is going to own it.