CHICAGO – A former Chicago police sergeant on Monday pleaded guilty to a federal charge alleging he kidnapped and sexually abused someone in a squad car on the West Side in 2019.

James B. Sajdak, 65, faces up to one year in federal prison under a misdemeanor civil rights count arranged in a plea deal Monday.

The 29-year Chicago Police Department veteran was facing up to life in prison under the felony count he was indicted under last year.