Former Vernon Hills deputy police chief pleads guilty to charges of theft where he wrote fake traffic tickets, pocketed more than $4K

As a part of a plea deal, Patrick Zimmerman, 51, pleaded responsible to misdemeanor theft tied to falsifying data to acquire cash for work he didn’t carry out. The theft was associated to a visitors enforcement program, referred to as “STEP,” administered by the Illinois Division of Transportation, in accordance with a information launch from the Lake County State’s Lawyer’s Workplace.