Ex-Chicago Police Sergeant Ronald Watts: 88 seek to have drug convictions tied to corrupt CPD sergea
CHICAGO (WLS) — A hearing will be held for 88 people who say they were framed by former Chicago Police Sergeant Ronald Watts.They are demanding their drug convictions be thrown out and the state’s attorney is expected to say that some of the convictions should be dismissed.
Watts and one of his team members, Kallatt Mohammed, went to prison in 2013 for their police corruption. Many of the other team members remain on the police force.
In March, COPA announced that it had completed its first investigation pertaining to the watts team officers who remain on the police force. However, the city continues to withhold the report from the public.
To date, 110 convictions tied to Watts and his crew have been dismissed. Watts was sentenced to 22 months; Mohammed was sentenced to 18 months.
Attorneys from the Exoneration Project and others are petitioning so their clients can move on with their lives without the stain of a bogus conviction on their record.
Meanwhile, there is an ongoing CPD internal investigation in others officers associated with Watts who are still on the force.
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