Bus impounded as driver nabbed in prostitution sting

AP ^ | July 13, 2003 | AP

[Courier]

Bus Driver Snared in Prostitution Sting

By Associated Press

July 13, 2003, 12:03 PM EDT

CICERO, Ill. -- A Chicago bus driver's unscheduled stop in suburban Cicero is proving very costly.

The Chicago Transit Authority had to shell out more than $1,200 to get the bus back after the driver pulled over Friday night, allegedly to connect with a woman he thought was a prostitute.

She was actually a Cicero police officer. The driver was arrested and other officers impounded the bus.

Transit officials said the driver was a part-timer, and if the allegations against him are true he will be fired because he was still in his probation period.

Cicero police said the arrest was part of a new prostitution sting operation, which has resulted in more than 100 arrests and the impoundment of 71 other vehicles.

[Courier]

Doesn't say if he had passengers on the bus.

Seriously, this brings up an important issue. I find impounding property, with a remote connection to the offense charged, before the accused is convicted to be very wrong. Impounding someone else's property is even worse.

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[dark_lord]

Transit officials said the driver was a part-timer, and if the allegations against him are true he will be fired because he was still in his probation period.

The implication being -- that if he was past his probation period, they would not fire him.

[SauronOfMordor]

The implication being, in Chicago, as a unionized civil-service Transit Worker, the would not be ABLE to fire him if he was murdering and eating women, instead of just trying to get some release

[Senator Pardek]

I find impounding property, with a remote connection to the offense charged, before the accused is convicted to be very wrong.

I'm amazed such laws can survive "judicial scrutiny".

Actually, I'm not.

[savedbygrace]

Fund raising, Chicago-style.

[Reelect President Dubya]

The implication being -- that if he was past his probation period, they would not fire him.

The implication being that if he was past his probation period the union would not ALLOW him to be fired.

[yankeedoodledandy]

Just heard Linda Vester on her Fox show make some comments about this one. Definitely making the watercooler chat in my office today.

I'm just floored by this story. When I first heard it this morning, I thought the bus in question might be a school bus -- thank God, it's not. But, a city bus isn't much better. If I were a tax payer in Chicago, I'd be furious!