Trial Begins
- A Chicago police sergeant and an officer on his gang team “used their police powers to lie, cheat and steal” by obtaining bogus search warrants to routinely rob drug dealers of cash and narcotics, federal prosecutors said as the officers’ federal corruption trial got underway in earnest Tuesday.
The judge who signed off on these bogus warrants is also in trouble and the reverberations might be echoing for quite some time among the specialized units.
This should also be (again) an indictment of the "merit" system and phone call units. But it won't be.
This should also be (again) an indictment of the "merit" system and phone call units. But it won't be.
Labels: corruption
posted by SCC at 12:05 AM
79 Comments:
I have no integrity, that's why I was "merited" in the
first place. Shakedowns are part of the bennies.
If Sgt X had the dry heaves when he found out the FBI was onto him, he's really going to have them when he's found guilty and taken into custody.
Michael Petro is a good attorney.
He also is tight with John Byrne, Burge's supposed right hand man.
Petro also knows law and will un-fuck this.
Will reflect poorly on all the hard-working police if these guys are dirty.
95% of the cpd police scandals iwere and still are in plain clothes units with those supervisors never held accountable. that's why you need a phone call to get in those units. I took care of you ,now you take care of me, kabeesch.
Sadly this isn’t the first or last group of flunkies who have done this. These idiots do bogus shit for personal gain, whether financial, or to get or keep a spot and they all get caught...speaking of flunkies how are the gang bros in 010 doing? How are the 06 liars In 003 doing??
While I typically agree with you SCC, this is more of an indictment of a POS who got on the job than the merit system itself.
He would have likely been doing the same thing as a PO, I don’t think the stripes make the man in this case- I think if these accusations are proven true, the man was horseshit from the start.
And also, Gang Enforcement isn’t exactly a “specialized unit” so much as it is a saturation team. There is nothing really “specialized” about flooding a deployment box. Hell, they had recruits on status doing that on foot for a few years before probation was up. Same thing in my opinion.
Disband GEU and send them back to the districts. Start another rapid deployment unit like TRU or MSF, get the “new police” out there writing movers and ANOV’s while calling it policework, and what is old will be new again- without the lawsuits and bad press.
Popcorn, ball bearings and strawberries
Give those criminals the max like you would us
So let me understand this; just 2 guys a SGT and PO? No other
coppers involved?? Something doesn’t sound right here! Again
no lieutenants or commanders no nothing ? Remember Hogan’s
Hereos ? I see Nothing.
Have those commanders sign off on the search warrants!
I guess it doesn’t matter how many time something like this has happened in the past with cops going down, there will always be cops who think they can figure out a new way to steal that hasn’t been thought of before. Amazing, just fucking amazing!
$4000 split two ways. Which will probably land them 10 to 15 years in prison. Just unbelievably mind boggling. Four VRI dates would net them the same amount.
they was just acting like Chicago's aldermen.
As we all know, this mess will simply fuel the antipolice rhetoric, make your jobs harder and unsafe.
Politically chosen "merits" will continue because that feeds the antipolice natrative. The useless brass are chosen because they'll eventually perform these precise stupid moves, they're expendable abd help get the terrible demonrats elected. Until this city is cleaned upm expect more of the same. It make stomaching this mess easier.
Zero sympathy. Selfishly destroyed so many lives, and for what??? Dope.
Stay away from dope arrests. Nothing good comes from them
Riccio was in the academy 25 years ago as a sergeant. How much time did he have on the job then?
96-2D turned out good and decent p.o’s, detectives and bosses. Sadly it will be remembered for one piece of s**t Sgt. who sat in back and thought his s**t didn’t stink.
Another merit promotion success. Hip hip horray!
Keep doing shit and giving the rest of us a black eye.
Are these the two that were getting the warrants from that pervert,power tripping, judge Mauricio Araujo? Bet a dollar your honor saw some of that cash too.
Excuse me, who are the victims here? Did you say drug dealers? Okay, I got it.
Merit based brain drain.
How many supervisors arrested for dealing with drug dealers were meritorious political appointees?
There’s a pattern , rumor has it a black merit Sarge was off duty , shot an unarmed teenager and wasn’t charged with a crime , no blm,flakey ,rev jackass protesters , clout rules .
Next Sgt test again will be a pass , fail multiple choice so the dumbest democrats can be made sergeant meritoriously.
Federal consent decree by democrats, protects the incompetent police officers .
Most end up in units because they do not know the job of a police officer works a beat car .
That's why I don't volunteer in search warrants. They are 80% bad and news worthy warrants. List your assets.
While I typically agree with you SCC, this is more of an indictment of a POS who got on the job than the merit system itself.
He would have likely been doing the same thing as a PO, I don’t think the stripes make the man in this case- I think if these accusations are proven true, the man was horseshit from the start.
And also, Gang Enforcement isn’t exactly a “specialized unit” so much as it is a saturation team. There is nothing really “specialized” about flooding a deployment box. Hell, they had recruits on status doing that on foot for a few years before probation was up. Same thing in my opinion.
Disband GEU and send them back to the districts. Start another rapid deployment unit like TRU or MSF, get the “new police” out there writing movers and ANOV’s while calling it policework, and what is old will be new again- without the lawsuits and bad press.
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Writing movers / Parker’s / ANOV’s is police work you tool. This is 2019 better start playing or enjoy your new start time on the watch ....lol I will be in my BS unit ...making it work for me (the real key to the job ).
Anonymous Anonymous said...
Have those commanders sign off on the search warrants!
10/09/2019 01:44:00 AM
You could have the superintendent sign off on them. Wont change a thing. Theres no way the person signing off knows if the warrants contain bad info. If they appear legit and have the required information, CPD supervisor signs off. THEN an ASA signs off, THEN a judge signs off.
Nothin' shakin' on shakedown street
Used to be the heart of town
Don't tell me this town ain't got no heart
You just gotta poke around
Why get bogus warrants and leave paper trail?
Just Xerox a generic warrant and wave it around.
Dealers too jacked up to notice.
@210am couldn’t have said it better myself. It’s like these guys don’t know that coppers have been busted before for using the exact same scheme. They think they’ve just hatched some brand new mastermind plan, when in reality, the feds get ahold of it and it’s “hey bob, some cops are using bad search warrants to steal drugs and money again.” “Oh. Okay, we will get around to that tomorrow”
Anonymous Anonymous said...
I guess it doesn’t matter how many time something like this has happened in the past with cops going down, there will always be cops who think they can figure out a new way to steal that hasn’t been thought of before. Amazing, just fucking amazing!
10/09/2019 02:10:00 AM
Blogger Anonymous said...
$4000 split two ways. Which will probably land them 10 to 15 years in prison. Just unbelievably mind boggling. Four VRI dates would net them the same amount
What really amazes me is that in December 2017 they get set up and find a recording device, but a month later they get caught for allegedly stealing money from a car that the FBI set up. A month later. Couldn’t believe they thought a drug dealer had set up the recording device
Had FBI written all over it
Great pic from the Fib! Two guys crossing street pulling
evidence boxes on luggage dollies. Which one is the lawyer?
A.: The guy without his suit jacket (which pedestrian #1 is
using to cover his head & face)
This sounds like the FISA warrants. Wanna bet that's where
they got the idea?
Petro office open 24 hrs. Write the number inside your shoe.
I think I just had a "no shit, Sherlock" moment
Shades of Eddie Hicks
The D unit, likely all units and officers who draft search warrants, are beginning to have a lot of trouble with getting our warrants signed by a judge, even with crystal clear probable cause in which the ASA’s reviewed and signed the warrant. And I’m NOT talking about street level “John Doe” fuckhead snitch pcs bullshit. The judges are so scared to do anything to upset Evans and Preckwinkle that even they don’t want to put their name on anything that can put dude in jail or upsetting the “community”. It’s ridiculous. Unintended consequences of this type of behavior. If they are wrongly accused, I hope for them and wish them the best. If not, let em burn but it’s never going to go back to business as usual after this. Shit it hasn’t been business as usual in YEARS. Anyone hoping for the pendulum to swing back the other way is a moron. It’s stuck in the far left position, rust welded together and it’s never coming back the other way. Unless there is a catalyst or a torch, this is where we are at.
So you think Rod going to FBI school is just to get
a troublemaker out of town? CPD higher ups had to
know this was coming down.
Steaks, to go.... (FBI stings the FBI)
One of the dudes, a former FBI Task Force Member,
nabbed Judge Araujo outside Smith & Wollensky in
River North to sign a warrant on the fly. (Judge probably
thought "holy shit, these guys are real go-getters, just like
on TV").
Rental car mobile banks.....
Then there's the set-up rental with the key inside the rear
bumper. $18,200 inside car. Bozo cops take bait and
inventory cash as $14K. Mama always taught him to share.
Hey, that photo of Dave in the Sun Times makes him
look like a Soprano crew member. All the better to scare
the drug dealers.
Memo to FBI: with all this endemic Chicago crime,
why waste money on hotel rooms? Just buy a condo
and pack 'em in like sardines, dormitory style. These
'speak easy condos' are ubiquitous in the airline industry,
where pilots and crew crash between flights.
Somebody, please, teach these guys how to dress!
WGN photo of Dave shows him wearing a wife beater
T-shirt under a button down long sleeve Oxford style
dress shirt. Fashion flag! 15 yards!
I remember a certain Federal Judge who was such a
stickler for protocol. He kept a 'goodwill' collection of
ties and sport jackets for defendants to wear in court
when they appeared before him. He was appointed
by Kennedy if that tells you anything.
I think the FBI enjoyed toying with this pair. Textbook teaching case.
Just a notice to the public:
Law enforcement statically commits crime at a far lower rate then the general public does. That is good news and should not really be a shock logically.
That said, when any member of law enforcement does commit a crime and is found to have done so by due process in a court of law - there need be no excuse a lawful punishment and bad cops are viewed in an unfavorable light.
Oooops. Just FYI, nothing is going to happen to the judge.
Who says $4000 only tip of a much bigger iceberg. Tens if not hundreds of thousands over how many Years? Hope there won't be any benifits for these turds.
Where the hell was the Supervision of these mutts?
Michael Petro is a hack. Hired him on a class action lawsuit. He took $1500 a piece had to be 50 of us suite went nowhere. His premise was horseshit. Shortly after got hired by another department. Hindsight being 20/20 I'm very grateful.
King Sol once said, "there is nothing new under the sun." I remember back in time to 1960 and the Summerdale scandal which brought Supt. Wilson to Chicago from California. Cops were using their squad cars to commit break-ins. The police in partnership with criminals to loot stores and homes. Back then this was shocking to people in Chicago where everyday corruption was an accepted part of daily life. The difference is that the pay for police is so much better now that no excuse can be made for this type of crime. I left Chicago 22 Years ago this month. My worst day here in Montana will always be better than my best day in Chicago. I have never regretted leaving Chicago, I loved the city when I was a kid growing up in the 1950s I was free-ranging going downtown at age 10 by myself. That city no longer exists Just saying.
Here's a fucking concept. They are innocent until proven guilty.
If they're convicted, slam them all you want. Until then, didn't your mommas tell you if you can't say something nice don't say anything at all? Soooooo, STFU!
4000 split two ways. Which will probably land them 10 to 15 years in prison. Just unbelievably mind boggling. Four VRI dates would net them the same amount.
Jesus you are naive
DS great guy damn feds trying to force this trial & make him sound dirty made his own teammates makeup dirt on him SMFH d “good ol boys” Feds are wrong for that! Railroad a copper get that notch for a promotion shame!
Can't believe it took this long for it happen.
Saw this exact same shit during my over a decade in Narcotics.
Man, the shiesty shit I saw done to secure warrants. Especially, the very prized after the tour warrants. Warrants would be executed after normal tour hours, and thus generate overtime. OT was always the goal.
I remember wondering if the judge ( was always the same one) who'd sign off on the warrants with no questions or hesitation, even wanted to know how legit the probable cause was?
Once, I expressed my concern to the commander that the premise of some of the warrant was bullshit.
Why would I care? Because I knew if a lawsuit came down, every swingin dick on the reports would get sued. Being that I was a member of the team, I'd be in the jackpot with everybody else.
Pendejos, get the syrup or jelly ready, the ways things are right now with everything being the police's fault, no judge or jury will even think of finding them innocent even if they San like canaries.
The lesson my friends is don't do this stupid shit we lock up people every day who think they will get away with it long enough that it will work for them,,it wont.. hone your political skills get elected become anywhere from wealthy to very wealthy,, it would be very interesting if all elected pols had to post all of their tax returns from day one in office so we could see just how well our public servants are doing
Man, I misspelled 'Pendejos' by one letter at the end
and some weird shit came up.
I'm a car nut and once wondered if Mobil 1 jet oil
would be better for my car than the automotive
stuff (answer: no; viscosity would be too light).
So I hope they get that syrup stuff right.
Pick your excuses guys.
Sportsbook, porno, full-auto addiction.
Spin doctor...
How about that old retail bullshit? They stole because
we let them steal from us (didn't watch them close
enough). They got dirty 'cause we made 'em dirty.
Or the ultimate switcheroo, they were building long-term
cases on these guys to send 'em away for life.
(the $4K was just for operating expenses)
Not even covered on CWB. That's a pure crime blog.
(They also went commercial. And I want that classic
late 60s photo back.)
Let that be a lesson. The merit system don't work.
You kick 'em upstairs into the arms of the FBI.
FBI says "these ain't first round draft picks. WTF?"
Just because a guy has a menswear connection
don't make him a detective. I don't care how well he interviews.
"If you have the facts on your side, pound the facts.
If you have the law on your side, pound the law.
If you have neither on your side, pound the table."
How long before Mike lowers his volume and practically
whispers "PTSD, depression, suicide, ED?"
They'll be killed in lockup, your honor. Let's promote
them to internal affairs so this don't happen again. These
boys know all the tricks. Another chance, your honor.
(OK, if they pass the tests, can they at least be stockbrokers
in Indiana?)
DS is a POS. Sorry to bust your bubble mom.
To the Montana guy. With you brother, the green line twice a week to Downtown for Guitar lessons stage 11. Bike from Austin to all over city with out a second safety thought. Best thing about the town I live in now is there was not a Democrat running for any local offices during last election. Great public schools, very low taxes and almost no crime and absolutely no violent crime. It has been 7 years since last murder in town and that was domestic. Many don't lock their doors or cars. Maybe safer because every home has at least one gun and probably a whole lot more.
@10/09/2019 04:38:00 AM
Ha! Expect the parachute for these rule breakers is not going to be golden!
U.S. Marshals has some weird shit on the auction site.
Chainsaws, snowplows, riding mowers, fire trucks.
That's right. Fire trucks.
Anonymous Anonymous said...
U.S. Marshals has some weird shit on the auction site.
Chainsaws, snowplows, riding mowers, fire trucks.
That's right. Fire trucks.
10/09/2019 08:55:00 PM
Why not. The fire truck used by the protesters in France to spray the fake blood was bought on Ebay.
Can't believe it took this long for it happen.
Saw this exact same shit during my over a decade in Narcotics.
Man, the shiesty shit I saw done to secure warrants. Especially, the very prized after the tour warrants. Warrants would be executed after normal tour hours, and thus generate overtime. OT was always the goal.
I remember wondering if the judge ( was always the same one) who'd sign off on the warrants with no questions or hesitation, even wanted to know how legit the probable cause was?
Once, I expressed my concern to the commander that the premise of some of the warrant was bullshit.
Why would I care? Because I knew if a lawsuit came down, every swingin dick on the reports would get sued. Being that I was a member of the team, I'd be in the jackpot with everybody else.
Reading your post made me put in my 2 cents...if you were a member of an OCD team who did this underhanded shit, went to the Cmdr and nothing changed, yet you stayed there, it makes you a DAMN FOOL and just as culpable as all of your teammates! When things are crooked and fucked up and you're not part of the BS, it's time to make a change of assignment on your own. No one should have to tell you what you should have already known!
This whole thing reminds me so much of the infamous SOS scandal from the Cline era.
Sorry Citizen Richard. Petri is a shit attorney and a complete idiot. He gets his ass handed to him on a weekly basis at 26 th Street. Good luck with that fool.
Watch how many more coppers this will draw, this is been done again and again and again some poppers are just so to put it bluntly stupid you jeopardize everything your family your career your freedom your good name and then your lie about it you’re caught that shit how stupid can you be? Funny how you knew the house had recording equipment in it but then you go and do it again this is the things that make the FBI and the United States attorney scratch their heads and say what the fuck they can’t be this stupid but you are shows the quality I’ve police officer that they are hiring other background checks anymore? What is this so-called Sgt another marriage Sgt? Whatever happened to the Sgt they did a drive-by to the kid that was mentally challenged is he been brought up on charges yet or is his clout that big?
Class 96-2D? Still a bunch of rookies.
bigger iceberg. Tens if not hundreds of thousands over how many Years? Hope there won't be any benifits for these turds.
10/09/2019 12:57:00 PM
Columbia ... follow the set-up for the money
Anonymous Anonymous said...
Riccio was in the academy 25 years ago as a sergeant. How much time did he have on the job then?
10/09/2019 07:18:00 AM
He came on Aug of 86.
Anonymous Anonymous said...
Great pic from the Fib! Two guys crossing street pulling
evidence boxes on luggage dollies. Which one is the lawyer?
A.: The guy without his suit jacket (which pedestrian #1 is
using to cover his head & face)
This sounds like the FISA warrants. Wanna bet that's where
they got the idea?
10/09/2019 11:22:00 AM
If you heard from anybody on scene, he couldn't see a thing and his lawyer had to help him navigate. It was hysterical.
Stop going to the higher ups, they are all in on it. Go directly to FBI and wear a wire. The CPD is crooked from top to bottom. This is just a show trial and will be business as usual once it is over. Time for a housecleaning in the CPD all merit above the rank of shtick should be fired.
Anonymous Anonymous said...
DS great guy damn feds trying to force this trial & make him sound dirty made his own teammates makeup dirt on him SMFH d “good ol boys” Feds are wrong for that! Railroad a copper get that notch for a promotion shame!
10/09/2019 02:10:00 PM
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i don't know anyone involved but what I do know is the Feds do some very sloppy investigations.
this crap started under faty phil and debbb kirby at iad covered it up
Anonymous said...
this crap started under faty phil and debbb kirby at iad covered it up
10/10/2019 07:31:00 PM
Yup.....
Anonymous Anonymous said...
Stop going to the higher ups, they are all in on it. Go directly to FBI and wear a wire. The CPD is crooked from top to bottom. This is just a show trial and will be business as usual once it is over. Time for a housecleaning in the CPD all merit above the rank of shtick should be fired.
10/10/2019 11:27:00 AM
Yup. All Pay-to-Play Shills
Anonymous Anonymous said...
King Sol once said, "there is nothing new under the sun." I remember back in time to 1960 and the Summerdale scandal which brought Supt. Wilson to Chicago from California. Cops were using their squad cars to commit break-ins. The police in partnership with criminals to loot stores and homes. Back then this was shocking to people in Chicago where everyday corruption was an accepted part of daily life. The difference is that the pay for police is so much better now that no excuse can be made for this type of crime. I left Chicago 22 Years ago this month. My worst day here in Montana will always be better than my best day in Chicago. I have never regretted leaving Chicago, I loved the city when I was a kid growing up in the 1950s I was free-ranging going downtown at age 10 by myself. That city no longer exists Just saying.
10/09/2019 01:48:00 PM
Don't forget the SOS Scandal or Tarnished Star. The Feds haven't...
Salgado is a stooge for his crooked Sgt. X. Petro is a good lawyer. Curious to see what happens? The G spends millions to get $4200 back. Makes you wonder about the priorities.
If it's ok for Congress, FBI and DOJ to make up phony warrants, why can't we do it.
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