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CHICAGO (Sun-Times Media Wire) - Two days after his partner apparently hanged himself in a downtown federal jail cell, an allegedly corrupt Cook County sheriff's police officer was released on bond Wednesday by a judge who said he was “very concerned” about the officer's mental health. Robert Vaughan, 44, allegedly conspired with his former partner Stanley M. Kogut, 45, to commit robberies of marijuana, contraband cigarettes and cash, the Chicago Sun-Times is reporting. But after the pair were arrested Monday in a federal sting, Kogut was found hanged in his cell at the Metropolitan Correctional Center. Prosecutors agreed Wednesday morning that it would be best for Vaughan's mental health for him to be released under house arrest with an electronic monitoring bracelet. Read More |