Plaintiff:
Demetrius Patten
Incident date:
08/29/2007
Location:
7120 S. Rockwell St.
Allegations:
Patten was handcuffed and searched by Officer Bernichio without any legal justification. The officers then filed felony weapons charges against him. On Sept. 12, 2007, Bernichio committed perjury in front of a Cook County Grand Jury to cover up Patten's unlawful arrest. Bernichio was later charged with nine counts of perjury and official misconduct on April 16, 2008 in a different criminal case involving the unlawful arrest of someone else. The charges against Patten were later dismissed.