detailed allegations against Kriv<\/a>, writing that since 2016 he reportedly contested 44 tickets, which were later dismissed, by saying his girlfriend had stolen his car.<\/p>\nAn attorney for Kriv did not immediately respond to a request for comment.<\/p>\n
\u201cYeah, I broke up with my girlfriend earlier that morning, had a knock-down, drag-out fight, verbally, of course. She took my car without my knowledge,\u201d he told a judge when fighting a speeding ticket in August 2021, according to the story.<\/p>\n
He did not say he was a Chicago cop.<\/p>\n
Kriv also allegedly provided police reports that were later determined to be falsified, according to court records.<\/p>\n
The city\u2019s Office of Inspector General opened an investigation against Kriv after receiving a report in 2022 about a potentially fraudulent ticket. A subsequent investigation found that between 2009 and 2022, he successfully disputed numerous tickets issued to a personal vehicle with false or forged information, according Kriv\u2019s Wednesday plea agreement.<\/p>\n
In fact, the agreement said, he used the same excuse over and over: that his girlfriend took his car after a fight.<\/p>\n
Kriv was originally charged in an indictment with multiple counts of perjury and forgery.<\/p>\n
The Tribune\u2019s investigation also found that Kriv racked up a long history of complaints during his time as a police officer. He was investigated at least 26 times over allegations of dishonesty, which included accusations of falsifying records, writing unwarranted tickets, performing improper searches, making false arrests.<\/p>\n
He made more DUI arrests in Chicago than any other officer in 2021, but in one case was sued by a woman who was acquitted at trial of drunk driving. She accused Kriv of making false statements.<\/p>\n
\u201cHe would lie under oath for a piece of bubble gum,\u201d the woman told the Tribune.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A former Chicago police officer must pay $4,515 and serve 18 months on probation after he admitted to…\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":264443,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5124],"tags":[960,5295,5386,1818,1370,50],"class_list":{"0":"post-264442","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-chicago","8":"tag-chicago","9":"tag-crime-and-public-safety","10":"tag-il","11":"tag-illinois","12":"tag-latest-headlines","13":"tag-news"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/115288961671123638","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/264442","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=264442"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/264442\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/264443"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=264442"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=264442"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=264442"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}