Judge gives ex-Summit police chief three years in bribery plot: 'You sounded like a gangster'

When a federal judge sentenced former Summit police chief John Kosmowski on Wednesday to three years in prison for bribery, conspiracy and obstruction of justice, he quoted the former top suburban cop’s recorded words right back at him. A secret government cooperator caught Kosmowski in 2022 insisting “there is no truth,” and “it’s gonna be their version against ours. It always is.” U.S. District Judge Steven Seeger told him Wednesday, “you sounded like a gangster. Who talks like that? … Who…