KANE COUNTY, Ill. — The former police chief of Campton Hills, two former officers and a current officer are accused of a scheming to sell guns from the evidence room.
The four, including former police chief Steven Millar, are facing a bevy of charges in a grand jury indictment.
Millar is facing five counts of delivery of a firearm before 72-hour waiting period expired, two counts of theft, 22 counts of official misconduct, wire fraud, nine counts of forgery and money laundering.
He allegedly stole a handgun, revolver, two rifles and a shotgun from the police department’s evidence locker between Jan. 2018 and Feb. 2023.
Guns are high value items. Even when lawfully sold they are worth hundreds of dollars a pound. This is why gun smuggling can be so lucrative. When purchase is severely regulated, I am sure that price per pound at least doubles. They are also compact enough to easily steal from an evidence room, especially handguns.
As long as police have accessed to seized guns, this will be a problem.
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