I was a little confused myself.
But here is the story.
A man charged with impersonating an officer got out of jail on electronic monitoring to work at what Cook County authorities now believe is a fake police department in rural Pembroke Township, Illinois. Population: 2,000.
Robert Ellis insists he works at the department in Kankakee County.
But on Friday, Cook County prosecutors went to court to have him returned to jail, nearly two months after he was sprung. Assistant State’s Attorney Amanda Pillsbury said she contacted the Kankakee County sheriff’s office to verify Ellis’ employer was a law-enforcement agency and was told: “These individuals are trying to become chiefs of police and they are crooks.”
Ellis’ attorney La Coulton Walls countered that state law allowed the township to create its own police department and that the “white racist Kankakee County” sheriff’s office had no authority to say otherwise.
Judge Carol Howard ordered Ellis to remain at home in Chicago on electronic monitoring until both sides can make their cases on May 9 about whether the township police department in Kankakee County really exists.
I think he might have a legit defense and really is a cop now.
