The indictments against former Campton Hills Police Chief Steven Millar and three former and current officers from the department following an investigation by the Illinois State Police have been unsealed, the Kane County State’s Attorney’s Office and Illinois State Police announced Thursday.
The indictments, per a news release from the State’s Attorney’s Office, are against the former chief, former Campton Hills police officers Scott Coryell and Daniel Hatt and current Campton Hills officer Douglas Kucik, who was listed as an officer on Campton Hills’ website as of Thursday afternoon.
The charges against the former chief are related to an investigation conducted by the Illinois State Police. In 2023, village officials had indicated that the investigation was related to Millar’s role as chief and that they were financial in nature, and records showed that the investigation appeared to involve questions about missing guns and access to the police department’s evidence room, according to past reporting.
Millar was ultimately put on administrative leave in 2023 as the investigation went on, and Campton Hills Police Sgt. James Levand took over as the interim chief.
Kane County State’s Attorney Jamie Mosser, in a news release on Thursday, alleged that between January 2018 and February 2023, firearms that were in the police 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.
The charges against Millar include 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.
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.
In an emailed statement provided to The Beacon-News on Thursday afternoon, attorney Matthew McQuaid, who is representing Millar, said that the charges are “a shock” to Millar, writing that he “committed no crime” and “looks forward to a trial and to be exonerated.” Coryell, Hatt and Kucik did not have attorneys listed for their cases on the county Circuit Clerk’s website.
Millar and the three former and current officers were booked in the Kane County jail Thursday and released later that day, according to Kane County jail logs. All four were released under special conditions, according to Kane County court records. Those conditions include a ban on possessing firearms, communicating with their co-defendants or traveling out of state without the court’s permission, the Kane County State’s Attorney’s Office said.
They are next due in court on Dec. 12.
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