Chicago cop held on $100,000 bail, accused of having sex with prisoner

BY RUMMANA HUSSAIN AND FRANK MAIN
Chicago Sun-Times
Oct. 02, 2012

A veteran Chicago cop promised a male prostitute an early release from jail in exchange for sex, prosecutors said Friday.

Nelson Stewart, a 59-year-old lockup keeper, was ordered held on $100,000 bail on charges of custodial sexual misconduct, bribery and official misconduct.

The victim was a 30-year-old man arrested June 6 in the 4500 block of West Monroe after he flagged down an undercover cop and offered to perform sex for $20, officials said. The man was taken to the Harrison District and placed in the lockup.

Stewart told the inmate that if he did him a “favor” he could be released later that day, Assistant State’s Attorney Lynn McCarthy said. Stewart told the victim he controlled the paperwork at the district, according to a police report.

Stewart performed oral sex on the man and the man performed oral sex on him, prosecutors said.

[...]Stewart was among four officers accused in a federal lawsuit of breaking a prisoner’s jaw and rib in the same lockup in 2006. The city settled with the alleged victim for $72,500.

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