By Leah Mcdonald For Dailymail.com
Published: 05:06 BST, 15 May 2019 | Updated: 05:22 BST, 15 May 2019
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A former Chicago Police commander has pleaded guilty to stealing more than $363,000 in social security benefits intended for his mother 23 years after she died.
Kenneth Johnson received widespread praise for his work reducing violent crime rates in Englewood before he retired from the force last August.
On Tuesday, he pleaded guilty to one count of theft of government funds and that he did not notify the Social Security after his mother's death in May 1994.
Former Chicago Police Department commander Kenneth Johnson, (pictured), pleaded guilty to stealing more than $363,000 in social security benefits for his mother 23 years after she died
The agency subsequently continued to lodge money into a joint bank account he and his mother shared until November 2017.
Over that 23 year period, the Treasury Department deposited around $363,064 into her account and Johnson did not return any of that amount, according to his plea agreement.
Guidelines call for Johnson to be sentenced to up to about two years in prison. U.S. District Judge Manish Shah set his sentencing for September 11.
Johnson, 55, appeared in court and
