5 more convictions tied to corrupt Chicago cop thrown out
CHICAGO — Five more more convictions tied to a corrupt Chicago police officer were thrown out Thursday.Prosecutors said in court they are still in the middle of an ongoing review of the other cases — all connected to convicted former Chicago police sergeant Ronald Watts and his team.
Over the course of a decade, Watts and his unit framed and shook down residents in Chicago’s Ida B Wells housing complex, planting drugs on those who did not pay up.