Ex-suburban cop pleads guilty to drug charges, faces at least 10 years in prison

A former Melrose Park police detective faces at least 10 years in federal prison after pleading guilty Tuesday to selling narcotics he'd stolen from an evidence room and transporting what he thought was a 5-kilogram load of drugs for local dealers in his unmarked squad car.

Gregory Salvi, 43, pleaded guilty to one count each of possession of drugs with intent to deliver and using a gun in a drug trafficking crime.

The charges carry a mandatory minimum prison sentence of 10 years, but U.S. District Judge Amy St. Eve warned Salvi that federal sentencing guidelines could call for as much as 14 or more years in prison. The statutory maximum on the drug count is life in prison.

Dressed in a black jacket and sporting a dark goatee, Salvi, who recently began working as a car salesman while free on bond, answered "Yes, ma'am" in a soft voice when St. Eve asked if he understood the consequences of his guilty plea.

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