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Former Dolton police Chief Lewis Lacey, an ally to former Mayor Tiffany Henyard, has made a plea deal on federal bankruptcy fraud charges first brought in August 2024 .

Lacey entered the plea Friday in the case alleging he lied under oath in a scheme to hide assets and income from creditors to avoid paying more than $40,000 in a lawsuit settlement.

The nine-count federal indictment against charged Lacey, of Matteson, with bankruptcy fraud, making false statements and declarations in a bankruptcy case, and perjury. Each count carried a maximum sentence of five years in prison.

Lacey is pleading guilty to count one, devising a scheme to defraud, and for the purpose of executing and concealing the scheme, filing a petition opening a bankruptc

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