Des Plaines Police Commander Charged with Falsifying Records

A former Des Plaines police commander faces one felony count after the city’s investigation into information that was provided by the department to obtain grant funding for overtime, according to a statement from the U.S. Attorney’s Office on Wednesday.

The following information was provided by the U.S. Attorney’s Office. Charges are not evidence of guilt and do not indicate a conviction. A former Des Plaines police commander has been charged with falsifying records to obtain grant funding for overtime pay following an investigation by the city, according to a statement from the U.S. Attorney’s Office on Wednesday. Timothy Veit, 55, of Mount Prospect, a 31-year law enforcement veteran, is accused of inflating the number of DUI arrests that would qualify for the federal funds from 30 to 152, according to the U.S. Attorney’s Office, between 2009 and 2012. Veit was charged with one felony count of making false statement in a felony information, the U.S. Attorney’s Office stated. A date has …

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