From: Chicago Sun-Times
A dirty suburban cop who used his police badge to shake down contraband cigarette dealers was sentenced to five years in federal prison Monday.
Jimmy Rodgers — an officer in west suburban Lyons who also worked on a U.S. Food and Drug Administration task force — previously admitted he stole $37,000 in cash and hundreds of cartons of smokes during phony police stings last year.
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Evidence showed that while in full uniform, Rodgers, 44, worked with confidential informants to set up a series of busts on traders who dealt in contraband untaxed cigarettes both inside and outside Chicago city limits.
