A former police officer in Chicago, who is faced with false and fake, confessed that he lied under dozens when he used daring alibi to get out of many speeds and other traffic violations. For more than ten years, he has repeatedly accused his former girlfriend of stealing a car and tickets-and every time the story was fictitious.
Jeffrey Krav, one of the most prolific drunks in Chicago, was sentenced to 18 months conditional and ordered to pay $ 4515 for restitution after pleading guilty last week of a smaller charge of stealing the crime. The agreement on the guilt with the prosecutor’s office in the Cook, where Chicago is located, made it possible to avoid the time in prison and finished the criminal case against him, but the consequences of his actions go far beyond his own case.
The analysis of the propublica court and police documents showed that the prosecutor’s office had fallen at least 92 traffic and criminal cases based on arrests made by Kriv and the tickets he wrote. In most cases, the declined drunk and dangerous driving. Defenders in these cases They referred to the false witness and his problem of trust.
PROPUBLICA and CHICAGO Tribune Previously detailed history of Kriv alleged violations As an officer, including that he was investigated at least 26 times about the accusations of falsification, false arrests and other issues. In his career, he was the subject of almost 100 complaints of citizens and employees; Most officers face much less.
The abuse denied the allegations of many of these cases and accused others of how he often stopped and arrests. In the end, many investigations could not be conducted because his accusations did not sign official complaints, and some complaints, including those involved in the accusation of dishonesty, did not support police supervision officials. In other cases, officials of the surveillance believed that they were responsible for violation of the rules.
He retired in 2023, before the prosecutor’s office accused him.
The Current Court was sued on September 24, approximately a week before his case was supposed to go to court. This week, the prosecutor’s office of the Cook Prosecutor’s Office said Propublica that the Cravo had 56 of their own road tickets, after providing false testimony to the judges. This is more than 44 tickets that the prosecutor’s office previously pointed out in court records. The fines for these tickets would be $ 4515, the amount he was ordered to pay for restitution.
Addressing the falsehood of crooked case on other court cases built on his police, the prosecutor’s office stated that she had refused to consider the cases against the people who arrested or had a tick because he could not continue without his testimony.
“We couldn’t call him a witness from the false statements he had previously made to release his personal tickets,” the office wrote in response to Propublica’s questions. One case has recently been rejected as the records show. Prosecutors said there were no cases considered when the readings were required.
The state prosecutor’s office states that by going forward, any claims from the persons who were engaged in Kriv will “carefully considered”. There are also accused who did not speak in court and have orders for their arrests, so their cases could be called again.
“Our priority is to support our legal and ethical responsibilities, providing justice,” the office said.
According to the guilt agreement, Crav has admitted that he had repeatedly accused his girlfriend of theft of BMW to deprive the tickets. “Well, in the morning I parted with my girlfriend, and she stole my car,” said one judge. He repeated similar stories over and over to get out of the speed, parking and violations of the Red Light Camera with the participation of his personal vehicles. Kriv also submitted fake police reports on car theft as evidence. The judges then rejected the tickets.
Curve was charged with four articles of falsehood and five articles of forgery, all of them crimes. Each of these crimes would be executed up to five years in prison.
Prosecutor Crya, Tim Grace, said Propublica that he would not comment.
The Executive Director of the annuity and payment of the police officers in Chicago said the pension council would meet to decide whether the Kriv could continue to collect their pension payments given the conviction. The law of Illinois prohibits officers who are convicted of crimes related to their service from receiving pension payments. The Kriv retirement payment is more than $ 6,000 a month.
Last year, in court, Zrup told the Prapublica journalist that he was innocent. “I’m going to fight it,” he said at the time. “I don’t plan to accept the request.” He complained that people who were accused of lands and offenses were granted a probationary period, and he criticized the prosecutor’s office for treating him as a criminal. “I am allegedly terrible than suicide,” he said.
He also said that it was “shame” and “scary” that the prosecutor’s office abandoned the case against the alleged drivers and others with the concern of its authority. He said he wanted to testify in these cases and stated that the prosecutor’s office had stopped on the side early.
“You know how the system is: you are guilty until the innocent is proven,” he said.
