Plaintiff:
Gregory Sledge
Incident date:
01/29/2012
Location:
1200 S Homan Ave.
Allegations:
Sledge was driving when Officer Rodriguez pulled him over and filed false DUI and other traffic violations against him. During the arrest, Sledge spent more than seven hours in jail. About five months later, Officer Rodriguez pulled Sledge over again without justification, near South Kedzie Avenue, and filed false possession of marijuana charges against him. Two months after that arrest, Officer Rodriguez saw Sledge driving near South Lawndale Avenue and West 18th Street and pulled him over without justification to file minor traffic violations against him. All of the charges filed against Sledge were later dismissed. (Officer Rodriguez was later charged with bribery and official misconduct and stripped of his police powers.)