Four Chicago Police Officers Charged with Multiple Felonies

Cook County State’s Attorney Richard A. Devine today announced that four Chicago Police officers assigned to the Special Operations Section have been arrested and charged with home invasion, aggravated kidnapping, official misconduct and a number of other felonies.

Arrested were: Jerome Finnigan, Keith Herrera, Thomas Sherry and Carl Suchocki.

Finnigan, 43, was arrested Thursday and is charged with: Armed Violence (Class X), Home Invasion (Class X) (multiple counts), Aggravated Kidnapping (Class X) (multiple counts), Delivery of a Controlled Substance (Class X), Residential Burglary (Class 1) (Multiple Counts), Official Misconduct (Class 3) (multiple counts), Communication with a Witness (Class 3), Leaving the Scene of an Accident (Class 3), and False Report of Vehicle Theft (Class 2).

If convicted of a Class X felony he could face up to 30 years in prison.

Herrera, 28, was arrested Thursday and is charged with: Armed Violence (Class X), Home Invasion (Class X) (multiple counts), Aggravated Kidnapping (Class X) (multiple counts), Delivery of a Controlled Substance (Class X), Residential Burglary (Class 1), Official Misconduct (Class 3) (multiple counts).
If convicted of a Class X felony, he could face up to 30 years in prison.

Sherry, 32, was arrested Thursday and is charged with: Armed Violence (Class X), Home Invasion (Class X) (multiple counts), Aggravated Kidnapping (Class X) (multiple counts), Delivery of a Controlled Substance (Class X), Official Misconduct (Class 3) (multiple counts).

If convicted of a Class X felony, the most serious charge, he could face up to 30 years in prison.

Carl Suchocki, 32, was arrested Thursday and is charged with: Armed Violence (Class X),
Home Invasion (Class X) (multiple counts), Aggravated Kidnapping (Class X) (multiple counts),
Delivery of a Controlled Substance (Class X), Residential Burglary (Class 1) (multiple counts), Official Misconduct (Class 3) (multiple counts).

If convicted of a Class X felony, the most serious charge, he could face up to 30 years in prison.

These charges result from an investigation by the State’s Attorney’s Special Prosecutions Bureau and the Chicago Police Department’s Internal Affairs Division.

The investigation continues.

All four suspects are scheduled to appear in Central Bond Court at 26th & California at 1 p.m. Friday.

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