Chicago cop charged with harrassing a witness who was scheduled to testify against him

CHICAGO — A Chicago police officer is dealing with felony fees for allegedly threatening one other cop who was scheduled to testify towards him in a authorized continuing. Marco Torres, 40, is charged with one depend of harassing a witness in reference to threats he allegedly made to a 41-year-old detective final Could.

A report by the Chicago Police Division’s Bureau of Inside Affairs stated Torres known as the lady on Could 20, 2024, to dissuade her from testifying in a pending assault case: “It’s me, Marco,” he stated, in keeping with the report. “I’ve been crying. Please don’t testify towards me.”

“That is my life please dont [sic] testify i all the time cowl my tracks…” he texted later, in keeping with a separate courtroom submitting. “I’d hope that you just preserve this between us. Or my comander [sic] will get you fired.”

Choose James Costello put Torres on a GPS monitor and ordered him to give up his firearms and firearms licenses whereas the case is pending. If Torres can’t possess firearms, he can’t be paid as a CPD officer.

Final November, Torres was given 12 months of courtroom supervision after being discovered responsible of misdemeanor assault, a case that concerned allegations that he threatened to kill one other detective in his unit. He’s interesting the sentence as a result of it additionally requires him to give up his firearms, which might disqualify him from working as a cop. Torres has requested that he solely be prohibited from possessing firearms whereas off-duty.

CPD stripped Torres of police powers final yr whereas the division continues its inside investigation.