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DARK SECRETS: 20 more cases tied to corrupt ex cpd sergeant vacated with more coming | Rare Historical Photos

Kim Foxx Ronald Watts Cook County
Cook County State’s Attorney Kim Foxx speaks during a news conference Tuesday at the George N. Leighton Criminal Courthouse in the Little Village neighborhood. Twenty more people will have their convictions thrown out after prosecutors in Chicago said they are working to right the wrongs of a former police sergeant who framed or falsely accused more 100 people of drug crimes. | Pat Nabong/Sun-Times

Cook County State’s Attorney Kim Foxx said that her office plans to toss dozens more cases tied to corrupt former Chicago police sergeant Ronald Watts in the coming weeks.

Foxx made the announcement Tuesday shortly after prosecutors agreed to vacate 20 more convictions against 19 people that stemmed from arrests connected to Watts and his crew of officers, who the state’s attorney said “preyed” upon residents of the Ida B. Wells Homes.

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