The Campton Hills Police Department says it has implemented “enhanced procedures for evidence management and internal oversight” — and placed an officer on paid administrative leave — following an investigation by the Illinois State Police.
Last week, indictments against former Campton Hills Police Chief Steven Millar and three former and current officers from the department were unsealed, according to past reporting. The charges against the former chief are related to an investigation conducted by the Illinois State Police, amid which Millar was put on administrative leave and Campton Hills Police Sgt. James Levand took over as the interim chief.
Kane County State’s Attorney Jamie Mosser alleges that between January 2018 and February 2023, firearms that were in the department’s possession in the evidence room were sold unlawfully, and that reports were filed and, in some cases, amended to facilitate those sales and obstruct investigators, according to past reporting.
Millar has been charged with several felonies, including money laundering, forgery, wire fraud, official misconduct, misapplication of funds by a government or school employee, theft between $500 and $10,000 and delivery of a firearm before a 72-hour waiting period expired, Kane County court records show.
Two former officers, Scott Coryell and Daniel Hatt, and a current officer, Douglas Kucik, have also been charged with felonies, according to past reporting.
Coryell has been charged with forgery, wire fraud, official misconduct, theft between $500 and $10,000 and obstruction of justice by destroying evidence, according to Kane County court records. Hatt has been charged with money laundering, forgery, wire fraud, official misconduct and obstruction of justice by destroying evidence. Kucik has been charged with money laundering, wire fraud, official misconduct, theft between $500 and $10,000 and delivery of a firearm before a 72-hour waiting period expired, according to records.
Millar and the former and current officers were booked in the Kane County Jail on Thursday and released later that day under special conditions, according to past reporting. They are next due in court on Dec. 12.
In a press release, the Campton Hills Police Department said that the charges “do not reflect the integrity, professionalism or commitment of the Campton Hills Police.” It noted that the department has instituted “enhanced procedures for evidence management and internal oversight to ensure continued accountability and transparency.”
The department also placed Officer Douglas Kucik on paid administrative leave, according to the press release, but the village declined to comment further on his discipline or employment status, citing “confidential personnel matters.” Kucik’s name no longer appears on the village’s list of officers on its website.
Kucik does not currently have an attorney listed for his case on the county Circuit Clerk’s website.
The village of Campton Hills, in the press release, says it has “cooperated fully with the Illinois State Police and other agencies throughout the investigation that led to these charges and will continue to do so as the cases proceed through the judicial process.”
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