However, the Chicago Police Department said it was not notified of the prosecution's decision to drop charges and found out about the news during a graduation ceremony for recruits.

"It’s a punch in the gut. Is absolutely a punch in the gut," said Commander Ed Wodnicki. "We worked closely throughout our three-week investigation to get to point where we arrested the offender. For the state's attorney at this point to dismiss charges without discussing this with us at all is just shocking."

That's gotta suck for the CPD. They wasted time and manpower investigating a fraudulent attack. The police chief seemed genuinely upset about the whole situation when he held his press conference all those weeks ago. I'd be pissed too if the district attorney just decided to drop the charges without at least consulting with the PD.