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A former Chicago police officer must pay $4,515 and serve 18 months on probation after he admitted to dodging parking tickets and moving violations by giving false statements or providing fraudulent documents, blaming his girlfriend for stealing his car.

Jeffrey Kriv, who was a CPD officer from Aug. 5, 1996, until January of 2023, pleaded guilty last week to a felony count of theft in exchange for the probation term. In 2023, the Tribune detailed allegations against Kriv , writing that since 2016 he reportedly contested 44 tickets, which were later dismissed, by saying his girlfriend had stolen his car.

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