Retiring suburban cop busted in federal drug sting : Chicago Mob Linked Suburb of Melrose Park Makes News Again For Corruption

The Chicago Sun-Times reports:

With his retirement rapidly approaching, Melrose Park Detective Gregory Salvi was looking to feather his nest.

He moonlighted as a security guard to make a few extra bucks.

But he also plotted to steal drugs and guns from the police department’s evidence room, according to the FBI.

And he was recently caught in an alleged plot to deliver 5 kilograms of cocaine to an informant in exchange for a few thousand dollars.

“I’m trying to make whatever I can,” Salvi allegedly told the informant weeks before the bust.

On Friday, U.S. Magistrate Judge Jeffrey Cole ordered Salvi held on drug and weapon charges while he awaits a bond hearing scheduled for Tuesday.

Salvi, 41, is the latest in a string of Melrose Park police authorities accused of wrongdoing in recent years.

Retiring at 41! Just a reminder, Melrose Park is a suburb with a long connection with ties to the Chicago Mob. No word yet on this story from the "only police should own handguns " crowd.