Chicago cop loses job, charged with falsely claiming she was robbed of $5K by armed suspects
A Chicago police officer is out of a job after she was caught falsely reporting being held at gunpoint and robbed of thousands of dollars.
Officer Zondranika Williams, 37, was charged with felony disorderly conduct and false report of an offense at a court hearing Thursday, two days after she was relieved of her duties with the Chicago Police Department, CBS News Chicago reported.
Williams called 911 on Sept. 23 to report that she had been robbed of $5,000 in cash in the alleyway by her garage in the 8000 block of South Wabash Avenue. She told the operator that she was a police officer but was not on duty at the time, prosecutors said.
The eight-year veteran of the department gave a detailed account of the crime several times and even provided police with a description of the suspect.
She claimed the suspect was armed and shouted “Give me everything you got!” while holding a gun pointed at her, according to the local station.
But it was all a lie, prosecutors said.
The patrol cop told officers who arrived at the scene of the alleged robbery that her surveillance cameras weren’t working. Investigators later obtained footage from a neighbor’s camera which showed Williams alone in the alley, the outlet reported.
She was seen taking a duffel bag out of her car and then walking out of the camera’s view.
Investigators said the story was made up just a week after Williams called 911. She turned herself in on Tuesday, the news station reported.
She was relieved of her police powers the same day, the Chicago Police Department said in a statement to CBS.
It’s unclear what motivated Williams to allegedly make up the robbery.
