Suspect chased by CPD Officer Krystal Rivera indicted on drug charges

The man Chicago police Officer Krystal Rivera was chasing when she was fatally shot by her partner last year was indicted on charges of conspiring to traffic fentanyl and cocaine in Chicago, according to the U.S. Attorney’s office. Rivera and Officer Carlos Baker chased Jaylin Arnold through Chatham and into an apartment in June 2025, where Baker fired his gun, striking and killing Rivera. Arnold pleaded guilty to gun and drug charges in relation to Rivera’s death and was sentenced to eight…