Bond was set at $20,000 for Hall, a 19-year veteran of the Chicago Police Department, during his court appearance at the Leighton Criminal Courts building.
Hall faces five counts of criminal sexual abuse. Four of the charges allegedly involve his niece and go back to 2005, when she was 13-years old; the fifth charge allegedly involves his niece's 3-year-old daughter and allegedly happened outside a Payday Loan store two weeks ago.
Richard Blass is the attorney representing Hall.
"There is an allegation that one of the alleged victims told her mother, who didn't bother to talk to the police over eight years ago. I don't know what to make of the allegations, other than that they're simply allegations. And for them to be coming forward now, all of the sudden, for this to be some big emergency- I don't understand it," Richard Blass said.
Blass said Hall has a blemish-free service record and works the overnight desk shift at 14th district. Blass said Hall moved out of his house, which is some of the allegations of sex abuse took place, and voluntarily turned himself in after his shift on Tuesday morning.
"He feels terrible," Blass said. "First of all, his reputation, his good reputation is at stake. He's been a successful policeman for 19 years, He just received an award for good attendance. There's no blemishes on his record whatsoever, And now this just hit him like a brick wall."
Officer Hall has been relieved of his police duties. It isn't clear if he still has his desk job.
