Phoenix, Illinois Police Traffic-Stop Extortion Case Ends With 63-Month Sentence

BadPD source-check, June 19, 2026; source dates January 21, June 17, and June 18, 2026: Former Phoenix, Illinois police officer Antoine Larry has been sentenced to five years and three months in federal prison for a traffic-stop corruption scheme. That is the court outcome. The public-accountability problem is bigger: who repairs the stops, reports, tows, citations, and cases touched by the scheme?

The U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Northern District of Illinois says Larry was a Phoenix patrol officer when he conspired with another officer to solicit cash and drugs from people during traffic stops. DOJ says the officers targeted motorists based on the stop circumstances and whether they believed the person would not report corruption.

That point matters. Police corruption that depends on choosing people unlikely to complain is not just an individual misconduct event. It is an institutional-warning signal. It means the oversight system cannot rely on complaints alone.

The Sentencing Receipt

DOJ’s June 17 release says U.S. District Judge John F. Kness sentenced Larry on June 8, 2026, to five years and three months in federal prison. The release says a jury convicted Larry earlier this year of conspiracy, extortion, and attempted extortion.

DOJ says the scheme ran from at least 2020 until 2022. If a motorist was at risk of being detained or having a car towed, prosecutors say Larry and his partner solicited cash bribes for reduced charges, no tow, or release without citations. DOJ also says the officers falsified police reports to conceal the conduct.

The January 21 conviction release adds the trial posture: Larry was convicted after a two-week federal trial in Chicago. It also says Jarrett Snowden, of Lansing, Illinois, pleaded guilty to a conspiracy charge before trial and admitted his role. Snowden’s sentencing is scheduled for October 27, 2026, according to the June sentencing release.

The Repair Ledger

A sentence does not fix the public record by itself. Phoenix and Cook County should be able to tell residents how many traffic stops were reviewed, how many police reports were flagged, how many citations or towing decisions were touched, and whether any criminal cases depended on reports or testimony from either officer.

The public also needs to know whether prosecutors issued Brady/Giglio notices, whether defense attorneys were notified in any pending or closed cases, and whether impacted motorists have a route to seek refunds, case review, expungement, or civil remedies. If reports were falsified, the false-report ledger should not be sealed inside a press release.

This is where BadPD’s demand is narrow and practical: publish the audit scope. Not names of private motorists. Not protected personal information. The public needs counts, categories, procedures, notice dates, and whether Phoenix changed supervision, stop review, report review, tow discretion, cash-handling, and complaint-intake controls.

Confirmed, Admitted, Pending

Confirmed: DOJ says Larry was a Phoenix police officer; a federal jury convicted him of conspiracy, extortion, and attempted extortion; Judge Kness sentenced him to 63 months; and the case involved traffic stops, cash or drug solicitations, tow/citation leverage, and falsified reports.

Admitted by co-defendant, per DOJ: Snowden pleaded guilty to a conspiracy charge and admitted his role. His sentencing remains pending and should not be treated as complete before the October 27, 2026 date.

Pending: final judgment details, restitution or forfeiture if any, full stop-level audit, report-correction process, Brady/Giglio notices, case-review scope, affected-motorist remedy path, and department policy changes.

The narrow story is one ex-officer going to prison. The real accountability story is whether every tainted stop and every falsified report gets found, disclosed, and repaired.

Source Trail

• DOJ Northern District of Illinois: Antoine Larry sentencing release (June 17, 2026) – Primary sentencing receipt: 63-month sentence, Phoenix patrol-officer role, traffic-stop bribery/extortion facts, falsified reports, conviction counts, and Snowden sentencing date.
• DOJ Northern District of Illinois: Antoine Larry conviction release (January 21, 2026) – Primary conviction receipt: jury verdict after trial, charges, 2020-2022 conspiracy window, maximum penalties, and Snowden guilty plea status.
• CBS Chicago: south suburban officer sentenced for extorting drivers (June 17, 2026) – Local report corroborating the 63-month sentence, traffic-stop shakedown facts, Snowden plea, and October sentencing schedule.
• FOX 32 Chicago: ex-suburban officer sentenced in traffic-stop corruption case (June 18, 2026) – Local report summarizing the sentencing, jury conviction, traffic-stop misconduct, and source status from the U.S. Attorney release.
• NBC Chicago / Chicago Sun-Times wire: former suburban officer sentenced (June 17, 2026; updated June 17, 2026) – Local metro report tying the case to Phoenix, Illinois, traffic stops and the federal sentencing facts.