GoKawiilThe Top Cop: Driver accused of DUI tracks missing laptop to Illinois State trooper's house
CHICAGO (WLS) -- This is the second part to a two-part series. To read part one, click here.
A restaurant executive arrested by an Illinois State Police trooper on DUI charges told the ABC 7 I-Team when he discovered his MacBook was missing from his car, he tracked it to the house of the trooper who arrested him.
What followed was captured in a 911 call recording, a cell phone video, and an internal investigation by the Illinois State Police, all obtained by the I-Team.
For three years, ISP Trooper Kevin Bradley was named by a nonprofit as the state's "Top Cop": A moniker given to the member of law enforcement who has made the most DUI arrests statewide.
Over that time, hundreds of drivers were arrested by Bradley for DUI in Cook and DuPage Counties.
But as the I-Team previously reported, public defenders and civil rights attorneys have accused Bradley of "fabricating evidence" and violating drivers' civil rights, arguing many of those criminal cases were later dismissed prior to adjudication, or they resulted in drivers receiving not guilty verdicts.
Local restaurant executive Sherard Holland is one of those drivers.
"It was just a regular, normal day," Holland explained. "Doing a favor for a friend of mine, traveling to pick them up and we were going home when I unfortunately made contact with that trooper."
As the sun rose in the early morning hours of June 2, 2024, Holland says he was confused when he saw the police lights in his rearview mirror.
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