Dante Salinas
Service Record
Waukegan Illinois Police Department
| Rank | Officer |
| Dates of Service | September 28, 2015[1][2] - October 23, 2020.[1] |
| Salary | $90,367 (2020)[3] |
| Last Known Status | Terminated[4] |
Incident Reports
2019 Arrest of Angel Salgado
In September 2019, Salgado claimed that he was attending a family baptism party when Salinas stopped, drew his gun, threatened Salgado, and tased him. Salgado resisted what he felt was an unlawful arrest until Salinas and other offers were able to handcuff him. Salgado claims that Salinas struck him in the face with the butt of his weapon after he was handcuffed.[5]
Salinas clams that Salgado flagged him down and "kept yelling and advancing in a menacing manner", causing his reactions.[6]
Salgado was charged with resisting arrest.[5]
The incident was captured on Salinas' body-worn camera.[6]
Response Timeline
Salinas was not disciplined for the incident.[6]
On July 1, 2020, Salgado pleaded guilty to resisting arrest.[5]
On August 28, 2020, Salgado filed a lawsuit, claiming assault, battery, false arrest, and use of excessive force.[5]
On July 27, 2022, the civil case was settled for $300,000.[5][7]
On September 22, 2022, Salinas was charged with one count of aggravated battery and two counts of official misconduct.[8]
On September 26, 2025, a judge found Salinas guilty of battery and official misconduct, and not guilty of aggravated battery. Salinas faces up to five years in prison.[7]
On October 28, 2025, a judge sentenced Salinas to 60 days in jail.[9]
2020 Death of Marcellis Stinnette
On October 20, 2020, Officer James Keating stopped a car containing Stinnette and his girlfriend. After the first officer announced that Stinnette would be arrested on a warrant, the girlfriend drove off, and led officers on a chase before crashing. The girlfriend attempted to reverse the vehicle, and Salinas fired at her even though he was not in the path of the vehicle. The driver was injured, and Stinnette was killed.[10][11]
Parts of the incident were caught on body-worn cameras, in-vehicle cameras, and city surveillance cameras.[12][13] Salinas did not activate his body-worn camera until after the shooting.[11]
Response Timeline
By October 23, 2020, Salinas was fired for "multiple policy and procedure violations".[4]
On October 28, 2020, the driver filed a lawsuit, claiming Salinas used excessive force.[11]
On September 22, 2022, Salinas was charged with second-degree murder and involuntary manslaughter. The murder charge carried a maximum sentence of 20 years in prison.[10]
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Public Comments
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Dante Antonio Salinas, Illinois Law Enforcement Training and Standards Board
- ↑ New Hires, Wayne Motley Waukegan Mayor, 2015-09-28
- ↑ Dante Salinas A, Waukegan Police Department, govSalaries
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Waukegan Police Officer Who Fatally Shot Teen Fired For 'Multiple Policy And Procedure Violations', CBS News, 2020-10-23
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3 5.4 Salgado v City of Waukegan, U.S. District Court, 2022-07-27
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 Now-Fired Waukegan Police Officer Dante Salinas, Who Shot And Killed Marcellis Stinnette, Was Never Disciplined In Earlier Disputed Use-Of-Force Incident, CBS News, 2020-11-06
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 John Garcia, Former Waukegan police officer convicted of misconduct, will now face charges in deadly shooting, WLS, 2025-09-26
- ↑ Todd Feurer, Former Waukegan police officer Dante Salinas charged with second-degree murder in 2020 shooting of Marcellis Stinnette, CBS News, 2022-09-22
- ↑ Former Waukegan police officer sentenced to 60 days in jail, 2 years of probation in misconduct case, WLS, 2025-10-28
- ↑ 10.0 10.1 Ex-Illinois cop charged in 2020 fatal shooting of Black man, WSLS, 2022-09-22
- ↑ 11.0 11.1 11.2 Officer Who Fired Shots That Killed Man And Injured Woman In Waukegan Identified As Dante Salinas; He Has Been In Trouble Before, CBS News, 2020-10-30
- ↑ Police dashcam footage released in Waukegan fatal shooting of Marcellis Stinnette, Chicago Sun-Times, 2020-10-28
- ↑ Waukegan police release police shooting video, Daily Herald, 2020-10-28
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