EX-COP GETS 11 YEARS IN PRISON

An ex-Chicago police officer was sentenced today to almost 11 years
in for robbing drug dealers -- a case that prompted the judge to
declare he's tired of the growing pace of wrongdoing by cops.

"In this city, it seems to me we are bombarded by stories and cases
and prosecutions of police misconduct," said U.S. District Judge
Robert Gettleman, who imposed the sentence on Richard Doroniuk.

"It's been accelerating . . . It's very discouraging."

Last week, Chicago cop Anthony Abbate was sentenced to 18 months
probation by a Cook County judge for pummeling a much smaller female
bartender while he was drunk, in a caught-on-video beating that drew
national attention.

Earlier this month, ex-Chicago cop William Cozzi was sentenced in
federal court to three years in prison for the 2005 videotaped
beating of a 60-year-old man who was handcuffed and shackled to a wheelchair.

The 131-month sentence imposed today by Gettleman actually was a
break for Doroniuk, who pleaded guilty to racketeering and bribery,
and testified against another police officer. Without a plea deal
that saw prosecutors drop a civil rights charge, he could have faced
30 years in prison.

"I'm sorry for what I did," the tanned, 33-year-old Doroniuk said in
court. "I regret it."

Doroniuk -- who at one point launched a porn-making enterprise from
his apartment -- testified against his onetime cohort, ex-officer
Mahmoud "Mike" Shamah, who was convicted and is to be sentenced Thursday.

Doroniuk testified he and Shamah stole money and split it after
executing search warrants and making traffic stops in 2005 and 2006.
Both Doroniuk and Shamah were caught on wiretapped calls talking
about splitting up proceeds of ripoffs.

In asking for the judge to uphold the sentencing deal, Doroniuk's
lawyer, Robert Clarke, said his client had suffered hardship
following the recent death of his fiance.