Shawn Pitts an East Chicago police officer who worked a
private security job during the same hours he was on duty as a cop will serve
eight months of home detention. Pitts, 42, will serve the home detention as
part of two years on probation, U.S. District Judge Rudy Lozano ruled during
Pitt’s sentencing hearing Friday.
Pitts pleaded guilty a year ago to mail fraud in connection
with working two jobs at the same time. Pitts, who worked for the East Chicago
Police Department starting in 1997, picked up part-time security jobs at
several housing projects in the city from 2009 to 2011. However, when he was
supposed to be working those jobs, he was actually on duty as an officer.