Settling for Misconduct
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Case 12-CV-3472

$23,500

FALSE ARREST

Traffic stop Damage to property Destroy/conceal/fabricate evidence False arrest or report Drug charges

Plaintiff: Juan Hernandez

Incident date: 05/05/2011

Allegations:

Officers MacNiff and Junkovic stopped Hernandez for having a broken windshield while driving northbound on Kedzie Avenue. The windshield was not broken. The officers then searched Hernandez's vehicle and found his mother's prescription medication in the glove compartment. The blood pressure medication, unopened and unused, was clearly labeled for his mother. MacNiff and Junkovic arrested Hernandez and took him to the police station, where he was detained for five days. Hernandez was charged with possession of a controlled substance even though his mother came to the police station to claim the medication. Following Hernandez's arrest, MacNiff and Junkovic impounded Hernandez's vehicle. The criminal charges against Hernandez were later dismissed.

GEORGE JUNKOVIC

POLICE OFFICER

814326430
$38,500 total payments

COLIN MACNIFF

SERGEANT OF POLICE

1154927064
$38,500 total payments