Overview

• Former Chief Steven Millar, former officers Scott Coryell and Daniel Hatt, and current officer Douglas Kucik were named in indictments unsealed in Kane County.
• Prosecutors allege firearms were removed from the department’s evidence room and unlawfully sold between January 2018 and February 2023, with reports altered to mask the activity.
• The counts include money laundering, forgery, official misconduct, theft, wire fraud, and firearms violations such as delivering a gun before the 72-hour waiting period expired, with some obstruction charges alleging destroyed evidence.
• Illinois State Police led a multi-year probe, and Director Brendan F. Kelly said the goal was accountability and restoring public trust.
• All four surrendered, appeared in court, and were released with conditions that bar firearm possession, restrict contact and travel, and set a return date of December 12; prosecutors said the charges are not eligible for pre-trial detention under the SAFE-T Act.