Corrupt Chicago cop gets 25 years
The admitted leader of a band of Chicago police officers who ripped off drug dealers and funneled narcotics onto the city's streets was sentenced Thursday to 25 years in federal prison.
"You and your merry band essentially raped and plundered entire neighborhoods," U.S. District Judge Ronald Guzman told former police officer Broderick Jones in imposing the sentence.
Jones, 36, pleaded guilty to getting information from gang members about where drugs were stashed and leading fellow officers in staging mock raids during which they confiscated the narcotics.
Instead of arresting the dealers and turning in the drugs, Jones and his fellow officers turned the narcotics over to other dealers.
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