Feds Say Cop Planned Murder Of Fellow Officer

http://www.nbc5.com/news/14210505/detail.html

CHICAGO -- A suspended Chicago Police officer assigned to the elite Special Operations Section was arrested Wednesday on federal charges for allegedly planning the murder-for-hire of a fellow officer.

Jerome Finnigan is charged in a criminal complaint with using a phone with intent to commit murder-for-hire of a former Chicago Police officer who is a potential witness against him in an ongoing federal investigation and pending state criminal prosecution, according to a release from the FBI.

Finnigan, 44, who was suspended in 2006, was arrested early Wednesday outside his home on the Southwest Side by FBI agents. Special Agent In Charge Robert Grant said Finnigan cooperated fully when he was placed under arrest. FBI and IRS agents then began executing a search warrant at Finnigan's home.

Finnigan appeared Wednesday afternoon before U.S. Magistrate Judge Jeffrey Cole in U.S. District Court, where he pleaded not guilty, according to U.S. Attorney Patrick Fitzgerald.

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How many "bad apples" have to continue to turn up before people realize that our law enforcement system is badly broken? Now instead of just bullying and beating up on the public, they're turning on each other.