Allegations:
Tonth was driving a Chevy Malibu he'd borrowed near 90th Street and Racine Avenue when Officers Harland and Reed pulled him over. Sgt. Maples was also at the scene. Earlier that day Tonth had helped an acquaintance, Tyran Williams, move into a new residence. At that time, Williams put a Keltec assault rifle and a Mossberg 12-gauge shotgun in the Malibu's trunk. Williams, a police informant, called the officers once Tonth drove away and told them where he hid the guns. Besides the call from Williams, Tonth had no reason to be stopped or searched by the officers. During their search, Harland and Reed found the guns. They arrested Tonth and took him to a police station, where Harland pressured him to identify other individuals with guns and become a police informant. He suggested that Tonth's gun arrest could be settled if he became an informant. Tonth said he didn't know how the guns wound up in the Malibu and was unable and unwilling to give the officers any names. Tonth was falsely charged with unlawful use of a weapon by a felon. The charge was later dismissed.