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Chicago cops bribe judge for bogus warrant?

By John Wesley Hall, Jr.

In a police corruption trial in Chicago, one cop testified that they bribed a judge for a bogus search warrant. The judge wasn't named. The also admitted planting drugs so their searches would not come up empty handed. At the bottom of the story: It was easy to steal money when drug dealers had no idea how much cash they were carrying—and couldn't complain to anyone, he said. Officers carried "insurance drugs" for the times when a suspect might swallow a bag or a search warrant came up empty, Doroniuk testified. Then what? Egan asked. "Plant it," he answered in reference to the cocaine. As for his allegation about a crooked judge, Doroniuk said the exchange came when he used a lying informant to obtain a search warrant. He offered no detail except to say that a judge got cash on the side...continue to full post

Full post as published by Fourth Amendment on November 21, 2008 (boomark / email).