Steve Neavling
ticklethewire.com
A Chicago cop is accused of extortion for helping himself daily to chips and soda without paying for them at a liquor store, CBS Chicago reports.
Sgt. Ray M. Ramirez, who is described as broke, faces up to 20 years for “openly take items in front of the store’s employees” while visiting the store in his uniform, a federal complaint alleges.
Ramirez is accused of hanging out at the store for about an hour a day, according to CBS Chicago.
A store clerk was wearing a wire for the FBI when he asked the agent to run a background check for $550.
“We never talked, and I never did this for you,” Ramirez allegedly told the undercover informant on May 22. “I would lose my job and be fired.”
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