Ronald Watts

The largest scandal in the Chicago Police Department’s history continued to grow Friday, as prosecutors asked a judge to throw out the convictions of nine individuals who said they were framed by a rogue sergeant and the tactical team under his command.

Nine more overturned convictions have been linked to a disgraced Chicago Police Department sergeant. In all, 109 cases have been vacated. NBC 5 Investigates’ Phil Rogers reports.

A judge has thrown out nine more felony drug convictions who were framed by a disgraced former Chicago police sergeant who spent years arresting people he planted drugs on dozens of others

A judge on Tuesday threw out the felony drug convictions of six men who were framed by a disgraced former Chicago police sergeant’s team, bringing to 100 the number of overturned convictions linked to a years-long scheme to shake down residents of one of the city’s poorest communities.

For the fifth time, the Cook County State’s Attorney has approved mass exonerations for a group of men wrongly convicted of drug crimes while under investigation by corrupt Chicago Police Sgt. Ronald Watts. In a courtroom at 26th and California, Judge LeRoy Martin, Jr. on Tuesday morning approved a motion by attorneys of 12 men to vacate the convictions. Later,…

A dozen men, who have alleged former CPD Sergeant Ronald Watts framed them in drug cases, are expected to attend a court hearing on Tuesday, according to their attorney.

Eight men who were framed in drug cases tied to former Chicago police sergeant Ronald Watts have filed lawsuits in federal court against several officers, the police department and city.

Cook County prosecutors threw out the convictions of four more men, Wednesday, in connection with a growing scandal in the Chicago Police Department.

Cook County prosecutors threw out the convictions of four more men, Wednesday, in connection with a growing scandal in the Chicago Police Department.

At least 10 men had their drug convictions vacated Monday marking the fourth mass exoneration tied to notorious Chicago police sergeant Ronald Watts and his tainted tactical unit.

At least 10 men had their drug convictions vacated Monday marking the fourth mass exoneration tied to notorious Chicago police sergeant Ronald Watts and his tainted tactical unit. NBC 5’s Phil Rogers reports.

The Illinois Court of Claims is the latest agency to weigh in on an exploding scandal in the Chicago Police Department which promises to be the darkest chapter in CPD’s history.

Authorities vacated the convictions of seven more people arrested by notorious Chicago police sergeant Ronald Watts and his tainted tactical unit, Cook County State’s Attorney Kim Foxx announced Friday.

Seven more people had their records cleared after being convicted under corrupt former Chicago Police Sgt. Ronald Watts. Sandra Torres reports.

One of the men wrongfully accused by disgraced former Chicago police Sgt. Ronald Watts is suing the city, just under a year after he and more than a dozen others saw their convictions overturned in Cook County’s first mass exoneration.

In an extraordinary move, Cook County State’s Attorney Kim Foxx did something Monday which isn’t often done in Chicago’s criminal justice system.

At least 18 men are expected see their convictions overturned Monday in Cook County Criminal Court. It will mark the second, and largest, mass exoneration linked to a tainted tactical unit which operated for more than a decade on Chicago’s South Side.

18 former inmates are set to be exonerated in the coming days. It’s the second round of mass exonerations linked to a rogue unit of Chicago police officers, and NBC 5 Investigates’ Phil Rogers has the latest on the case. 

With their only witnesses tainted by what could become the largest scandal to ever hit the Chicago Police Department, Cook County prosecutors threw in the towel today, and granted freedom to a man who has spent the last decade behind bars.