Ronald Watts

After fighting for more than a year to keep it secret, the city of Chicago on Thursday released a report on disgraced former Police Sgt. Ronald Watts and his crew, who framed and shook down residents of the Ida B. Wells housing project for more than a decade. NBC 5 Investigates’ Stefan Holt reports.

After fighting for more than a year to keep it secret, the city of Chicago on Thursday released a report on disgraced former Police Sgt. Ronald Watts and his crew, who framed and shook down residents of the Ida B. Wells housing project for more than a decade.

After fighting for more than a year to keep it secret, the city of Chicago on Thursday released a report on disgraced former Police Sgt. Ronald Watts and his crew, who framed and shook down residents of the Ida B. Wells housing project for more than a decade. Stefan Holt reports.

The City of Chicago as of Wednesday has defied a judge’s order to release an unredacted report on its investigation into disgraced former Chicago Police Sgt. Ronald Watts, dragging its feet again in the biggest scandal in the history of the Chicago Police Department.

The City of Chicago as of Wednesday has defied a judge’s order to release an unredacted report on its investigation into disgraced former Chicago Police Sgt. Ronald Watts, dragging its feet again in the biggest scandal in the history of the Chicago Police Department. Stefan Holt reports.

A previously secret report from Chicago’s Civilian Office of Police Accountability paints a grim picture of the practices of a group of police officers accused of framing scores of South Side residents.

In a stunning reversal from the state Friday, 212 convictions were overturned for over 100 individuals in a case involving one of Chicago’s biggest police scandals. NBC 5’s Phil Rogers reports.

Dozens more people framed by corrupt former Chicago Police Sgt. Ronald Watts saw their convictions overturned Friday, as the Cook County State’s Attorney’s office dropped its opposition to the final large group of people seeking to have their cases thrown out.

In the continuing saga of the largest scandal in Chicago Police Department history, the Cook County State’s Attorney’s office dug in Tuesday on the convictions of nearly 40 individuals who said they were framed by corrupt Sgt. Ronald Watts and the officers he supervised at the former Ida B. Wells housing project.