Cook County Judge throws out arrest of cop accused in fatal DUI crash

The Chicago Tribune reports:

A Cook County judge today ruled that a Chicago police officer accused of drunk driving in a fatal crash on Thanksgiving 2007 was arrested and detained without probable cause.

Judge Thomas V. Gainer Jr. also called the police lieutenant who ordered Officer John Ardelean's arrest not a credible witness.

"Probable cause to arrest in this case comes down to the credibility of Lt. (John) Magruder and this court does not believe Lt. Magruder's testimony," Gainer wrote in his opinion.

Gainer also wrote he had found "no conspiracy to protect this defendant by rogue officers acting without regard to their oath ..."

This is the very same Judge Gainer that found these 3 cops not guilty.No word yet from Alderman Ed Burke, the man who slates the judges in Cook County on this one.