Allegations from 1999 drug case haunt new Chicago Police Commander Noel Sanchez
Officer Glenn Lewellen at federal court in the Dirksen building in Chicago in 2011. His former partner, Noel Sanchez, was named commander of the South Chicago District earlier this week. Sanchez is accused in a lawsuit of helping to frame a man on federal drug charges more than 16 years ago, court records show. | Sun-Times file photo
A newly promoted Chicago Police commander is accused in a lawsuit of helping to frame a man on federal drug charges more than 16 years ago, court records show.
Noel Sanchez, who was named commander of the South Chicago District earlier this week, was working with his partner Glenn Lewellen in 1999 when they arrested Refugio Ruiz.
Ruiz was convicted of possession of 10 kilograms of cocaine and served 10 years in prison. But in 2010, the U.S. attorney’s office moved to dismiss the indictment against him based on newly discovered evidence.
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