United States of America v. Antoine Larry

Chicago, Illinois, criminal defense lawyer Beau Brindley represented the Defendant charged with conspiracy to defraud the United States and interference with commerce by threat or violence.

Antoine Larry was serving as a patrol officer for the Phoenix, Ill. Police Department when he conspired with another officer to corruptly solicit cash and drugs from the occupants of vehicles during traffic stops in exchange for reducing, dropping, or declining to press charges or allowing the vehicles to avoid impoundment. The officers falsified police reports to conceal their corruption. The criminal conspiracy began in at least 2020 and continued until 2022.


The other officer—JARRETT SNOWDEN, of Lansing, Ill.—pleaded guilty to a conspiracy charge prior to trial and admitted his role in the scheme. Snowden is awaiting sentencing.

The convictions were announced by Andrew S. Boutros, United States Attorney for the Northern District of Illinois, and Douglas S. DePodesta, Special Agent-in-Charge of the Chicago Field Office of the FBI. The government is represented by Assistant U.S. Attorneys Alexandra Morgan, Ramon Villalpando, and Prashant Kolluri.

A jury convicted Larry, 49, of Bolingbrook, Ill., on all four counts against him, including charges of conspiracy, extortion, and attempted extortion. The extortion and attempted extortion charges are punishable by a maximum sentence of 20 years in federal prison, while the conspiracy charge is punishable by up to five years. U.S. District Judge John F. Kness set sentencing for April 22, 2026.