A police officer in a small McHenry County town has been indicted on felony charges of lying about his military service in applications to several police departments.
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Vicenzo Lamontagna, 30, who is an officer in Johnsburg, allegedly lied on job applications when he said he was honorably discharged at the rank of sergeant from the U.S. Army, according to a spokeswoman for the Illinois Attorney General’s office, which is handling the case.
Lamontagna was discharged less than honorably in lieu of a court-martial, said the spokeswoman, Maura Possley.
Lamontagna was charged with felony counts of forgery, mail fraud and wire fraud for submitting fraudulent applications to the Illinois State Police as well as police departments in Darien, Glenview and Johnsburg, Possley said. The case was referred to the Attorney General’s office by the Illinois State police, she said.
Lamontagna was sworn in as a police officer in Johnsburg, a town of about 6,000 nearly 60 miles northwest of Chicago, in January 2013, according to town records.
He appeared Tuesday at the Leighton Criminal Court Building, where Cook County Judge Mary Margaret Brosnahan ordered him released on a personal recognizance bond, prosecutors said. He was charged in Cook County because the job placement company he used to apply for the police positions is based there, Possley said.
A message left for the Johnsburg police chief was not immediately returned.