CHICAGO (AP) – Two Chicago police offices have been charged in federal court with lying to judges to obtain search warrants and then stealing cash and drugs from properties they searched.
In a news release, the U.S. Attorney’s Office says that Xavier Elizondo and David Salgado are charged with embezzlement and conspiracy to commit theft after allegedly stealing property, falsifying police reports to conceal their thefts while working as gang officers.
Prosecutors allege the officers had two people to pose as confidential informants and provide false information they used to secure search warrants. They’re also accused of stealing $4,200 from a vehicle they’d searched in January.
A department spokesman says the 45-year-old Elizondo and the 37-year-old Salgado have been relieved of their police powers and suspended without pay.
