Overview
- Illinois State Police arrested Patrick Cacho, 29, on Tuesday after Park City fired the part-time officer, and he was booked into the Lake County Jail on Wednesday.
- Lake County prosecutors charged him with 10 felonies: four aggravated criminal sexual abuse, two aggravated battery, two official misconduct, and two criminal sexual abuse.
- Park City said a late-January report alleged sexual abuse during traffic stops, and the department put him on unpaid leave and asked state police to investigate.
- The number of alleged incidents has not been disclosed, and the police chief said he is presumed innocent until proven guilty.
- Local reports note the state training board let him reactivate in September with a waiver from new training.