Craig Clayton, a Highland Park Police officer was sentenced
to a year in prison today for helping three other officers deliver a shipment
of cocaine and pocketing a $1,500 cash payment for his assistance.Craig
Clayton, 55, of Highland Park, was sentenced to 12 months and one day in prison before U.S. District Judge Avern
Cohn after previously pleading guilty to extortion. According to the U.S.
Attorneys office, Clayton had agreed with three other Highland Park police
officers to help deliver a 4-kilogram shipment of cocaine and brought his badge
and gun to protect the drugs. In exchange for his work, authorities said,
Clayton accepted $1,500 in cash from an FBI informant.