Chicago man sentenced for arranging murder ordered by cop

A man who participated in a murder ordered by a former Chicago police officer has been sentenced to 50 years in prison.

John Brown was convicted of first-degree murder last month in the 2004 killing of a former limousine dispatcher at a South Side funeral home.

Prosecutors alleged Edward Leak hired Brown and Alfred Marley to ambush Fred Hamilton, who was shot when he stopped to change a flat tire in February 2004.

Hamilton was a driver for Leak's family's funeral home business. Authorities said months before his death, Hamilton made an anonymous call to police to report that Leak was involved in insurance fraud.

Prosecutors say Leak, who was also convicted of first-degree murder last month, ordered the murder of Hamilton, a business partner, to collect on a $500,000 insurance policy.