Former Illinois police officer convicted for extorting cash and drugs from drivers during traffic stops

A former Chicago-area police officer has been convicted on charges related to the extortion of drivers during traffic stops.

Antoine Larry, 49, formerly of the Phoenix, Illinois, Police Department, was convicted on January 16, 2026, on federal corruption charges, according to the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Northern District of Illinois.

Following a two-week trial, Larry was convicted by a jury in the U.S. District Court in Chicago on all four counts he faced, including conspiracy, extortion, and attempted extortion.

Officials say that Larry conspired with another former police officer, Jarrett Snowden, to steal cash and drugs from drivers during traffic stops starting at least in 2020 and continuing until 2022.

According the authorities, Larry and Snowden “corruptly solicit[ed] cash and drugs from the occupants of vehicles during traffic stops in exchange for reducing, dropping, or declining to press charges or allowing the vehicles to avoid impoundment.”

The officers also falsified police reports in order to hide the scheme, the U.S. Attorney’s Office said.

Larry faces a maximum sentence of 20 years in federal prison on the extortion and attempted extortion charges, and a maximum five year sentence on the conspiracy charge.

Snowden is awaiting sentencing after he pleaded guilty to a conspiracy charge prior to trial.