Ex-CPD commander sentenced to home confinement

When Kenneth Johnson's mother died in 1994, she left behind a bank account she shared with her son - the one where her monthly Social Security benefits landed.

By then, Johnson was already a veteran of the Chicago Police Department. He would later retire as a commander. But rather than tell the Social Security Administration his mother had died, Johnson let the money flow until 2017. He spent her benefits on hotels and airfare and even withdrew hundreds from a police station ATM, records show.

And that means that, for 23 of Johnson's 32 years with CPD, "Johnson was committing a federal crime every single month," Assistant U.S. Attorney Jared Jodrey wrote in a recent court filing. In all, Johnson stole $363,064.

On Tuesday, U.S. District Judge Manish Shah sentenced Johnson to six months of community confinement as a condition of two years of probation.

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