The Price of Cooperation
A judge reduced by half the bond for Keith Herrera the same day that Herrera's cooperation enabled prosecutors to charge a fellow police officer with a murder-for-hire scheme.
Judge John Fleming of Cook County Criminal Court slashed Herrera's bond from $4 million to $2 million Wednesday, court records show. Fleming's order meant Herrera could immediately get back $200,000 -- half of the $400,000 he had put up. Defendants are usually required to put up 10 percent of their bond to get out of jail.
Of course, the real payoff will be at sentencing. Does he get the maximum (somewhere near 30 to life?) Or is cooperating after being caught dirty cut it down to 10 years or so? And if it's Federal cooperation, doesn't the "truth in sentencing" laws still mean 85% of so served?
The upside, if there is any, has to be tiny. Feds never give cops an upside that we've ever seen.
The upside, if there is any, has to be tiny. Feds never give cops an upside that we've ever seen.
Labels: corruption
posted by SCC at 12:03 AM
68 Comments:
way to out him, SCC! Blood will be on your hands.
NOW K.H. GET'S ALL THE MONEY STASHED
way to out him, SCC! Blood will be on your hands.
Hey short bus, it was all over the Sun Times. The Trib even published the name of potential victim.
Go blow troll
As a homeowner and US citizen, I hope his does time and does not scape through.
Anonymous said...
Just check out this guys pictures.....look at all of them..
http://www.myspace.com/marine4life22
Did anyone see this strokes My Space page before he closed it to friends only? Please be smart when using the internet and remember that anything that you post (pic's, diarys, blogs) that isn't anonymous will float around forever and come back to haunt you.
Mike Vick's boys ratted him out so why not one of us?
Are any white shirts going to get caught up in this mess? Who was Finnegan's Sgt.? How about his Lt.?
Every man for himself is the theme now!
Let the blood-letting begin!
All you rookies take note and watch your backs out there!
"way to out him, SCC! Blood will be on your hands.
9/30/2007 12:08:00 AM"
NO THE BLOOD WOULD BE ON FINNIGAN'S HANDS. TO ALL THE ASSCLOWNS DEFENDING THIS CRIMINAL SOCIOPATH,
FUCK YOU TOO, YOU'RE NEXT!!
I see that cocky little runt (K.H.) every now and then at the local gym working out. That guy is about as arrogant as they get. The shrimp needs to start pumping more iron if he thinks he is going to make it when he hits the yard at Stateville or Pontiac. From my research on this SOS corruption scandal, he is just as dirty as J.F. These two have tarnished this department and all the honest officers that work in CPD. K.H. deserves a long sentence for his actions. If that runt wasn't so cocky I could maybe give him a little sympathy. It will be interesting to see what kind of sentence he gets.
Anonymous said...
way to out him, SCC! Blood will be on your hands.
9/30/2007 12:08:00 AM
He outed himself, and all of us. Get fucked.
Wasn't this whole scandal about the money? So the Feds knew he could be bought!
Tuesday will be Goldstar day. After the Feds list all the new charges against JF at the bond hearing on Monday and the Exempts that new, expect a mass exodus of the Goldstars on Tues.
Guess what Lt in 022 is being investigated for conspiracy w/JF and the boys.
way to out him, SCC! Blood will be on your hands.
9/30/2007 12:08:00 AM
Hey, moron, here's a primer:
When a portion of SCC's post is in italics, it's a sure bet that it's a direct quote from somewhere...like the newspapers or a tv news site.
let's see, you break the law with your partners, get caught, snitch to get a deal, catch a monetary break on bail your grandparents put up, probably a reduced sentence, sounds like the deal of the year already......the plus side you can rat out anybody else in the interim
Anonymous said...
way to out him, SCC! Blood will be on your hands.
9/30/2007 12:08:00 AM
Hey, asshat! SCC didn't out him! If you click on the pretty light blue words that say "$2 million dollars evidently" you are taken right to a Sun Times article which names names. Additionally, all the italicized stuff beneath that is directly quoted from the article; it ISN'T from SCC's mouths.
You are a prime example of why the department is in the state it is today. You don't use the brains that God gave you.
Kieth Herrera is a "FUCKIN' RAT !
I hope he meets up with JF in prison. Ya think JF will shake his hand. You didn't have to do that Kieth . I guess it means you will only get to serve 30 instead of 60 . Your still going to rot and I hope you get your ass kicked and sodomized in the joint . You do deserve it kid.
K.H. should get twice as much time as J.F. for being a crook and a rat, and because you can't have it both ways! SCUMAG!
What a piece of shit he is.
Also, the report read NEVER can they remember a police officer wearing 'wire' on another police officer. Congrats Keith!
Remember Keith is innocent and so are the guys that were targeted for a paint job. Remember that!
Out him??? How did he out him? He was as out Liberace. Unless this is the only source of reading (which obviously in your case it is)- then any moron would have known who, what, when and where a long time ago!
Anonymous said...
way to out him, SCC! Blood will be on your hands.
9/30/2007 12:08:00 AM
It was in the southtown also naming him! Maybe they will investigate his mom and step dad buying all the new mercedes,hummers,vipers,vettes, new homew where is all this new money coming from? Could keith be a drug dealer also? Would not surprise anyone! Lets hope keith also goes to jail for at least 50+ years fuck him another stain on us! If keith was not caught by the feds who knows he may of killed a copper also!
way to out him, SCC! Blood will be on your hands.
Hey short bus, it was all over the Sun Times. The Trib even published the name of potential victim.
Go blow troll
9/30/2007 06:09:00 AM
............................and if u know them its even worse,.but you realize its all their own doing
hey all -just a reminder-morale is at an all time high. oh yea there's no man power shortage either
Anonymous said...
way to out him, SCC! Blood will be on your hands.
9/30/2007 12:08:00 AM
SIMPLE MIND... GUESS YOU DONT READ ANYTHING OTHER THAN TV GUIDE.
AND IF HE DID OUT SOMEONE, SO WHAT UNLESS HE WAS SHARING ALL THOSE PROCEED WITH YOUR FAMILY AND PAYING YOUR MORTGAGE.
I wonder if Hollywood directors will make a movie about this scandal down the road. Lets see, who could they have for actors??? Maybe some of the crew from Goodfellas??? Who would play the lead??? How am I funny??? Am I a clown?? Do I amuse you?? How am I funny??
What a good friend K.H. turned out to be. Wrong is wrong but to rat someone out to save your ass is bullsit. He put himself in the hot spot he should have been man enough to do the crime and the time without turning into a rat. I always knew that kid was a no good weasle!
Fuck all them guys they are making this job harder for all of us.
Not long ago, a P.O. was murdered.
Offender unknown, but the strange thing is the deafening QUIET that surrounded the unsolved case of a murdered P.O. Is asshole J.F. the offender? Maybe "the Painter"? Hey J.F.:
Rot in prison for many many years; then die a long and excruciatingly painful death; then may you be reborn as a dung beetle in a bat cave and eat shit for 10,000yrs; then rot in Hell for Eternity.
what is "the Shield" reference to? I can't find it anywhere. is it on the myspace page talked about?
Herrera is very happy..Now he can go get his eyebrows waxed like he used to do.
You guys who are calling the KH guy a rat are hypocrits...every day we lean on criminals to turn on other criminals. We use this technique to catch bad guys.
You keep refering to a cop ratting on another cop....last time I checked J F and all the SOS indictees went from cops to criminals the day they started stealing money and dope. They then deserved the same as all the other criminals out there.
SO the guy wore a wire to save a little of his own ass....good for him...thats the way the game works....we take criminal informants in front of judges every day to lock up other criminals...no different I dont care who you are...you steal and plan to kill another person to try to save ur ass, you are a Fu%#en lowlife criminal and u deserve what u get!
If u dont want to get "ratted" on then dont break the law...pretty simple
Quit backing these idiots up...they made the job harder for the rest of us
People who go around shouting "RAT" are just JF wannabes. Scum one and all.
Herrera comes from a real prize of a family. His mom is P/O Fe@et who is on disability. She worked the desk in 009 and said a civilian vehicle's side mirror struck her one day as she walked across 35th Street to arrive at work. His step daddy is P/O K. Fer@t, also on disability. Worked in SOS when he was rear ended in a squad car. It was a four man car that night. He's the only one on disability. His uncle, step daddy's brother, is P/O M. @eret also on disability. All three hit disability before they were even 40, and all with 10 years or less on the job. The odds of going on full disability are small, the odds of three people in the same family going on disability must be almost statistically impossible.
Anonymous said...
Kieth Herrera is a "FUCKIN' RAT !
I hope he meets up with JF in prison. Ya think JF will shake his hand. You didn't have to do that Kieth . I guess it means you will only get to serve 30 instead of 60 . Your still going to rot and I hope you get your ass kicked and sodomized in the joint . You do deserve it kid.
9/30/2007 11:14:00 AM............Everyone involved deserves to rot in prison.I don't think the weasel Herrera wore a wire out of any decency or honor.He did it to curry favor when this shitpile goes in front of a judge.Regardless of his motives,it appears he saved somebody from a painting party.I'm sure if they weren't already deep in shit Herrera would have been Jerry's little apprentice painter.I say fuck them all.Everyone of the rotten jagoffs that causes citizens to look funny at me in my stupid CPD uniform can go get prison raped.
Anonymous said...
way to out him, SCC! Blood will be on your hands.
9/30/2007 12:08:00 AM ............I say out them all!If any of these criminals at sos cut deals to save their asses,when they were just as dirty as the arrested ones ,OUT them!Name names!Public humiliation might deter the next idiot from going down this road.
Talkin about rats? All you cops talk when in a bind
Anonymous said...
what is "the Shield" reference to? I can't find it anywhere. is it on the myspace page talked about?
9/30/2007 09:15:00 PM
You need to watch "The Shield" Season 1, one of the first few episodes, Vic Mackey kills a fellow officer and then covers it up.
Are any white shirts going to get caught up in this mess? Who was Finnegan's Sgt.? How about his Lt.?
9/30/2007 08:23:00 AM
.......................................................................... Don’t be so eager you little but f^%ck, you get all upset when bosses micromanage but the second these go wrong you want the Boss to be so deeply involved that he tucks the Po’s in bed a night. What a silly pathetic little hypocrite you are.
If u dont want to get "ratted" on then dont break the law...pretty simple
Quit backing these idiots up...they made the job harder for the rest of us
9/30/2007 10:32:00 PM
No , no no, It like this kid. If you do the crime take your medicine and di the damn time. Did the marquette 10 rat all over the god damn place? No they all went away quiet and peacefully to live another day. It sthe sign of the times, there are no real men left in this pansy country.
I wonder if Hollywood directors will make a movie about this scandal down the road. Lets see, who could they have for actors??
Finnigan - Puddy from Seinfeld
Suchocki- Carrottop
Herrera- Fezz from that 70's show
I'm sick of hearing "rat" its the only honest thing he has done in a while.....they are criminals not cops.
Carrot top is f*cking priceless!!
Anonymous said...
No , no no, It like this kid. If you do the crime take your medicine and di the damn time. Did the marquette 10 rat all over the god damn place? No they all went away quiet and peacefully to live another day. It sthe sign of the times, there are no real men left in this pansy country.
10/01/2007 08:51:00 AM
No, no. it's like this, child. The Marquette 10 went away quietly and peacefully, rather than admitting they were scum and ratting on their fellow scum, which would have made it the Marquette 50 and cleaned out the department for another 10 years.
It's too bad there aren't more real men in this department, rather than cry-baby slugs like you who whine about "rats." You're just a mobster in training, little boy.
"Don’t be so eager you little but f^%ck, you get all upset when bosses micromanage but the second these go wrong you want the Boss to be so deeply involved that he tucks the Po’s in bed a night. What a silly pathetic little hypocrite you are.
10/01/2007 02:51:00 AM"
TUFF TALK FROM THE CO-CRIMINAL WHITE SHIRT CONSPIRATOR. TRUTH HURTS HUH BITCH? SWEATING FOR THE KNOCK ON THE DOOR FROM THE FEDS?
TUFF GUY WILL HAVE WIFEY ANSWER THE DOOR WHILE HE COWERS BLUBBERING IN THE LAUNDRY ROOM.
Don’t be so eager you little but f^%ck, you get all upset when bosses micromanage but the second these go wrong you want the Boss to be so deeply involved that he tucks the Po’s in bed a night. What a silly pathetic little hypocrite you are.
10/01/2007 02:51:00 AM
If white shirts did micromanage or even sustained some of hundreds of court deviations, this problem would have disappeared years ago. White shirts covered for criminal actions. This fact cannot be ignored. It does not take a genius to recognize criminal behavior within your unit or team. Why cover for them? Hopefully, feds will find the answer and make them accountable.
For the fuckhead that thinks he knows so much about how people got hurt, get your facts straight you fuck. I was there and two other guys must of jumped in the car, and the the car wasn't rear-ended. I like how all of you ballless fucks keep running your hole and you don't even have the facts straight. Go fuck yourself.
We need more "rats" on this job then so there will be fewer criminals. Fuck all this "rat" bullshit, that is the attitude that has created the present mess. How about standing up for the rule of law and not your fellow criminal cops? How about taking the oath we all took seriously? How about actually serving and protecting the citizens instead of looking for the next early duck or discount meal?
You bums make me sick and have for many years. Do you job the way it is supposed to be done, uphold the law yourslves and if you see wrongdoing by a fellow officer TAKE ACTION, REPORT IT and thereby become part of the solution.
I doubt that will ever happen, that is not the CPD way. Don't give up a fellow cop is the CPD way, even if he is a criminal actively engaged in committing felonies.
I hope it's finally time to turn the fucking CPD on it's head and start over in hopes of creating a truly professional police department because what we have now is simply a corrupt pile of shit.
Let justice be done thought the heavens may fall.
Judas +
Benedict Arnold +
Keith Herrera =
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TRAITOR!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Lemme see, KH is just as guilty as JF (et. al.)... Gets squezed by the feds, wears a wire to get a reduction... Better not say that many bad things about him, mighe come back to haunt you, because he has all the makings of a supreme Watch Commander in a South Side Dist!
If u dont want to get "ratted" on then dont break the law...pretty simple
Quit backing these idiots up...they made the job harder for the rest of us
9/30/2007 10:32:00 PM
During the fun times, thieves are loyal friends, stealing. When the feds knock on the door, clout is gone and survival is the goal. Why go to a federal prison to protect JF? Protect yourself. No rules to follow, no loyalty. Why protect JF when he planned to murder officers? May he meet up with those he put in prison for bullshit charges. Nothing lower than what JF represents. I am ashamed.
Herrera comes from a long family line of police garbage. His play daddy hooked him up with JF and everyone knows about his mama.
Hey on a positive note....Federal Prison is much nicer and safer for a former Policeman now criminal. Maybe he was just trying to help his guy Finnegan out.
all quick to get on here and judge each other arent we?? maybe we all need alittle religion in our lives, huh guys?
Everyone who flipped is a scumbag RAT and they all know who they are. If any of these idiots had a clue you stick to the plan and take your lumps or get away from these assholes when you know some bullshit is going on. Fuck everybody involved or who had knowledge and did nothing,they are just as guilty as J.F. If you want to stop this shit once and for all hang them all!!!!!!!!!
Is that true about the whole family being on bullshit disability?.. and with only 10 years on? unf*ckinbelievable.
To 10/01/2007 11:30:00 AM. Easy big fella. I don't know who wrote the stuff about Herrera'a family, but I know it's all true. So what if it wasn't a four man car his step dad was in at the time of his accident? He was allegedly permenantly disabled after the accident while assigned to SOS right? Well I see KF and his disabled brother somewhat frequently around the neighborhood. He hangs out all day in a gas station bullshitting with everyone. Then drives around in his big SUV, which he has no trouble getting in and out of. Both KF, his wife, and his brother are a disgrace to every police officer on the job. All of them are on full disability. It's sickening, and an insult to guys like Jimmy Mullin and Joe Airheart. So stop defending Herrera's rotten family. Or did you write the post Kevin?
To 10/01/2007 11:30:00 AM. Easy big fella. I don't know who wrote the stuff about Herrera'a family, but I know it's all true. So what if it wasn't a four man car his step dad was in at the time of his accident? He was allegedly permenantly disabled after the accident while assigned to SOS right? Well I see KF and his disabled brother somewhat frequently around the neighborhood. He hangs out all day in a gas station bullshitting with everyone. Then drives around in his big SUV, which he has no trouble getting in and out of. Both KF, his wife, and his brother are a disgrace to every police officer on the job. All of them are on full disability. It's sickening, and an insult to guys like Jimmy Mullin and Joe Airheart. So stop defending Herrera's rotten family. Or did you write the post Kevin?
10/01/2007 10:59:00 PM
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PO. ME...Is that you? You know alot about him. I hope SGT.JE got out in time to save his pension. I just hope his flip makes the news. You hung out at the same gas station, funny how people seem to see things . Nope, I am not a cop either. I have seen things at 63 and Austin myself.Ouch hits close to home don't it?
If they had evidence to convict they wouldn't be trying to flip everyone. Weak weak people are those that screw up then try to weasle their way of out of it. Thats how criminals play this game, so to the flippers and rats I guess you were guilty. Do your time for your crime.
these asshole coppers are fucking it up for the rest of us..WAKEUP!!! just like the "good old days" forced the formation of a civilian review panel and helped tie our hands.
we dont have the luxury to openly profile groups...but the citizens do...my safety is put at risk more when the citizenry feel empowered due to the fact that the media and politicians put the thought in their heads that they could question every police action because the copper may be "dirty"
coppers have and always will do stupid and illegal acts, they are people too...but DO NOT DEFEND them just because they are the police
be smart,do your job,be better than the mutts,go home feeling good about what you did today
No, no. it's like this, child. The Marquette 10 went away quietly and peacefully, rather than admitting they were scum and ratting on their fellow scum, which would have made it the Marquette 50 and cleaned out the department for another 10 years.
It's too bad there aren't more real men in this department, rather than cry-baby slugs like you who whine about "rats." You're just a mobster in training, little boy.
10/01/2007 10:18:00 AM
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If admitting what you did and taking a plea, shutting your greedy mouth and going away makes me a mobster in the waiting then I guess mob me up! You dont get it,Herrera is human grabage alwyas has always will take care of A-1. People want to thank him for wearing a wire and playing police one last time? I say fuVk him and Fvck you!
Someone is obviously on here without the facts. Keith's Mom is not on disability and hasn't been for quite a while. She had multiple back and neck surgeries from an off duty accident and now works full duty in one of the busiest districts in the city. (Way worse than 9 and not the desk before we get that post). I don't know details of her husband or brother in law so I won't post regarding it. See how that works?
any word on if the other coppers that were indicted on state charges are going to be re-indicted federally since the G has obviously been following from day 1 pretty damn closely.. after all, it was their wire, right?
there is no honor amongst thieves... ring a bell guys? this shit aint new and the same type thats gonna lie and steal and rob and kidnap is the same that'd going to RAT (yes, rat) on the guys he did the 'jobs' with. Its a lack of any honor or character to rat out someone, but what do you expect from anyone in that crew?
You do the crime you should do the time, but I have to agree that he's even a bigger punk pu$$y for selling someone out to get his own ass out of hot water. A rat is not someone that calls IAD when shit is F-ed up, a rat is someone that gets caught and then spills his guys, wears a wire, etc. only to save his own ass. He had no problem with what JF was doing and only helped him do it, until he got pinched.
PO. ME...Is that you? You know alot about him. I hope SGT.JE got out in time to save his pension. I just hope his flip makes the news. You hung out at the same gas station, funny how people seem to see things . Nope, I am not a cop either. I have seen things at 63 and Austin myself.Ouch hits close to home don't it?
10/02/2007 12:08:00 AM
What gas station? there is bank,7-11,walgreens,buildings?
You weren't around for the old Citgo (where the bank is). The owner was a drunk. Time to take a mental note, if you think you have the paper. Pay attention, now you have to go to a dive on 63 and Cicero to see him.
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Anonymous said...
PO. ME...Is that you? You know alot about him. I hope SGT.JE got out in time to save his pension. I just hope his flip makes the news. You hung out at the same gas station, funny how people seem to see things . Nope, I am not a cop either. I have seen things at 63 and Austin myself.Ouch hits close to home don't it?
10/02/2007 12:08:00 AM
What gas station? there is bank,7-11,walgreens,buildings?
10/02/2007 10:46:00 PM
Anonymous said...
You weren't around for the old Citgo (where the bank is). The owner was a drunk. Time to take a mental note, if you think you have the paper. Pay attention, now you have to go to a dive on 63 and Cicero to see him.
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Anonymous said...
PO. ME...Is that you? You know alot about him. I hope SGT.JE got out in time to save his pension. I just hope his flip makes the news. You hung out at the same gas station, funny how people seem to see things . Nope, I am not a cop either. I have seen things at 63 and Austin myself.Ouch hits close to home don't it?
Is this secret code for something? I am lost
Latest rumor 6 more from SOS got stripped today,anything to it.
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