Three Schaumburg police officers accused of dealing drugs have resigned from the northwest suburban department as fallout from the case continued in Cook County court Wednesday.
Officers Terrance O’Brien and John Cichy officially resigned their positions Tuesday following their Jan. 16 arrest by federal agents, Schaumburg spokesman Dave Bayless said. The third officer, Matthew Hudak, resigned Jan. 22, Bayless confirmed.
The three were put on paid administrative leave until last week, when the village took them off the payroll, Bayless said. According to a release to the media, Schaumburg sought and accepted the trio’s resignations.
Meanwhile, in Rolling Meadows branch court Wednesday, more drug cases were dropped in relation to the officers’ involvement. Weapons and drug charges against two South Beloit, Ill., men were dismissed.
Cichy arrested Christopher Nelson, 27, and Ceasar A. Hernandez, 22, in August after they sold 2.5 grams of cocaine for $1,300, prosecutors said.
The two were facing Class X felony charges of delivery of a controlled substance and armed violence after officers found 25 grams of cocaine in their car and a handgun on Hernandez, prosecutors said.
Nelson has been in custody and was to be released from Cook County jail later in the day, authorities said.
Hernandez was on parole for a separate conviction at the time of his August arrest and has been sent back to prison, authorities said.
That brings to seven the number of dismissals this week following a review of the officers’ pending cases by the state’s attorney’s office. Prosecutors expect a total of 15 cases to be dropped as a result of the review.
The officers remain in custody on $750,000 bail. Prosecutors allege they set up their own drug business by stealing cash and narcotics from dealers they encountered in their undercover operations.
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