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Judge denies Illinois State Police officer s motion to quash DUI arrest Matthew E. Konie
Updated 1/29/2021 11:15 AM
Crystal Lake police had sufficient evidence to arrest an Illinois State Police officer on drunken driving charges in 2019, a McHenry County judge ruled Thursday.
Matthew E. Konie appeared in court beside his attorney, Patrick Walsh, who sought to quash Konie s arrest and suppress related statements, photographs, witness testimony and blood alcohol content results tied to his client s 2019 arrest.
Konie, 51, of Lake in the Hills, had been a master sergeant with the Illinois State Police since at least 2017 at the time of his arrest, state comptroller records show. He worked for the department as recently as 2020 and earned $115,000 that year, records show. The public salary database did not list Konie as an Illinois State Police employee for 2021.