A defense motion for discovery will be filed in the official misconduct and misdemeanor battery case against Aledo Police Chief and City Administrator Chris Sullivan. That information from a pre-trial conference Monday afternoon in Mercer County Circuit Court. A May 15 motion hearing has been scheduled in Mercer County Circuit Court.
Sullivan was charged in late August following an Illinois State Police investigation involving the allegation “of a battery having been reportedly committed by Sullivan, in his capacity as Aledo Police Chief while conducting an arrest.” He posted ten percent of his $10,000 bond shortly after his arrest in late August.
A special prosecutor from Henry County is handling the case. Sullivan remains on paid leave from the city. His annual gross salary is $92,335.
The city is splitting the city administrator and police chief positions. The plan is to hire a new city administrator sometime this year.
