HAMMOND | An East
Chicago officer was sentenced last week to two years of probation in a mail
fraud case. Shawn Pitts will serve eight months of the sentence on house arrest
and must pay $10,877 in restitution. Pitts was indicted in May 2012 on mail
fraud charges in U.S. District Court. He entered a plea agreement in August
2012. He was sentenced Friday, and details were filed in court Monday. According
to the plea agreement, Pitts admitted to working as a police officer, working
security at two housing projects and working at a credit union. His work hours
would sometimes overlap jobs.