CHARGES

Police Officer Ricardo Viramontes, Star Number 10590, is charged with violating the
following rules contained in Article of the Rules and Regulations of the Chicago Police
Department, which were in full force and effect on the date of thealleged violations:

Rule 2:

Rule 3:

Rule 14:

Any action or conduct which impedes the Department?s efforts to
achieve its policy and goals or brings discredit upon the Department.

Any failure to promote the Department?s efforts to implement its
policy or accomplish its goals.

Making a false report, written or oral.

SPECIFICATIONS

1. Officer Viramontes, Star Number 10590, is charged with violating Rule 2, ?Any
action or conduct which impedes the Department?s efforts to achieve its policy and
goals or brings discredit upon the Department,? in the following instance:

Count I:

On or about October 20, 2014, Officer Viramontes made one or more
false, misleading, inaccurate, and or inconsistent statements to a
member(s) of the Department who responded to and/ or investigated
the events surrounding the fatal shooting of Laquan McDonald on or
about October 20, 2014, at or about 21:57 hours, at or around the 4100
block of S. Pulaski Road, Chicago, Illinois.

Said false, misleading, inaccurate, and/ or inconsistent statements
included that McDonald turned towards Officers Jason Van Dyke and
Joseph Walsh, or words to that effect; and/ or after McDonald fell to
the ground, he attempted to get back up with the knife still in his hand,
or words to that effect.

Officer Viramontes, Star Number 10590, is charged with violating Rule 3, ?Any

failure to promote the Department?s efforts to implement its policy or accomplish its
goals,? in the following instance:

Count I:

On or about October 20, 2014, Officer Viramontes made one or more
false, misleading, inaccurate, and/ or inconsistent statements to a
member(s) of the Department who responded to and/ or investigated
the events surrounding the fatal shooting of Laquan McDonald on or
about October 20, 2014, at or about 21:57 hours, at or around the 4100
block of S. Pulaski Road, Chicago, Illinois.

Said false, misleading, inaccurate, and/ or inconsistent statements
included that McDonald turned towards Of?cers Van Dyke and
Walsh, or words to that effect; and/ or after McDonald fell to the
ground, he attempted to get back up with the knife still in his hand, or
words to that effect. 

3. Officer Viramontes, Star Number 10590, is charged with Violating Rule 14, ?Making a
false report, written or oral,? in the following instance:

Count I: On or about October 20, 2014, Officer Viramontes made one or more
false statements to a member(s) of the Department who responded to
and/ or investigated the events surrounding the fatal shooting of
Laquan McDonald on or about October 20, 2014, at or about 21:57
hours, at or around the 4100 block of S. Pulaski Road, Chicago,
Illinois.

Said false statements included that McDonald turned towards Officers
Van Dyke and Walsh, or words to that effect; and/ or after McDonald
fell to the ground, he attempted to get back up with the knife still in his
hand, or words to that effect, thereby making a false statement, written
or oral.

Based on the foregoing charges and specifications, the Superintendent recommends
that Police Officer Ricardo Viramontes, Star Number 10590, be discharged from the
Chicago Police Department.


Superintendent of Police CASE FILED

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