More Victims Of Corrupt Police Sgt. Ronald Watts Have Convictions Overturned

By Steve Bynum
Tainted Officers Convictions
On Friday, February 22, 2021, nine more convictions connected to arrests by former Sgt. Ronald Watts were vacated by a Cook County Judge. In this photo from Thursday, Nov. 16, 2017, in Chicago, Leonard Gipson, one of 15 convicted men, talks to reporters, after a judge threw out the convictions of the men connected to Watts. Teresa Crawford / AP Photo
Tainted Officers Convictions
On Friday, February 22, 2021, nine more convictions connected to arrests by former Sgt. Ronald Watts were vacated by a Cook County Judge. In this photo from Thursday, Nov. 16, 2017, in Chicago, Leonard Gipson, one of 15 convicted men, talks to reporters, after a judge threw out the convictions of the men connected to Watts. Teresa Crawford / AP Photo

More Victims Of Corrupt Police Sgt. Ronald Watts Have Convictions Overturned

By Steve Bynum
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Last week, a Cook County judge threw out nine more felony drug convictions tied to corrupt former Chicago Police Sgt. Ronald Watts. Reset gets an update and hears from one of Watts’ victims.

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