Crime & Safety

Felony Charge Dropped Against Former Algonquin Police Sergeant

Wade Merritt was charged with a impersonating a police officer in 2010.

A charge for impersonating a police officer has been dropped for 46-year-old Wade Merritt, a former Algonquin police sergeant, according to a Northwest Herald article.

Crystal Lake police said that when Merritt was pulled over for speeding on New Year’s Day 2010, he represented himself as a police officer by flashing a police badge, a felony charge.

In 2009 Merritt resigned from the Algonquin police force about a month after he was covicted of domestic battery for hitting his wife.

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The charge was dropped yesterday in court after his attorneys argued that the indictment was not specific enough.

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