Lawyer: Des Plaines Police Commander Appears ‘Unfairly Singled Out’
A former Des Plaines police commander accused of making false statements in connection with a federal traffic enforcement program appears to be singled out by federal prosecutors, said his defense attorney.
The defense attorney for a former Des Plaines police commander accused of falsifying federal grant records for financial gain said his client was possibly being unfairly singled out by federal prosecutors. Timothy Veit, 55, of Mount Prospect, a 31-year law enforcement veteran, pled not guilty in federal court Feb. 27 on charges of making false statements. Veit is accused of inflating the number of arrests for driving under the influence that would qualify for federal funds in a traffic enforcement program from 30 to 152, according to the U.S. Attorney’s Office, between 2009 and 2012. The false information Veit provided, according to the charges, caused a loss of $132,893 in federal funds that were reimbursed to Des Plaines for impaired …
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RIck K
6:50 am on Friday, March 1, 2013
Who's been in charge of this town for the last 4 years? Is it the mayor and his city council? If so, they must be responsible for the police department being in shambles, so many of the legitimate businesses have left town in that time (look at Metropolitan Square, its a ghost town), and there has been no efforts for improving anything (same old crappy Des Plaines Theater, for example). And what … more ›