FBI Raids Chicago Bars; Probe Video Poker Machine Links to Mob
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Reputed Chicago Gang Member Charged With Killing ATF Informant
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com A reputed Chicago gang member was charged Tuesday with killing an ATF informant in 2006, the Chicago Sun-Times reported. Spencer Martin, 32, a member of the Vice Lords, is accused of fatally shooting Earl Willis, 26. Willis’ body was found in a van on the city’s South side. The paper reports…
Chicago Area Businessman Pleads to Assaulting FBI Agent
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com A suburban Chicago business man, who was charged with assaulting an FBI agent, has decided to stop gambling on his fate. John Esposito, a Franklin Park businessman, agreed to plead guilty to a misdemeanor after a jury failed to reach a verdict on Monday on felony charges, the Chicago Tribune reported….
Advocates Ask For More Flexibility in Fed Sentencing Guidelines
The system needs flexibility when it comes to sentencing. In some instances, the guidelines just don’t make sense. All we can ask for is that the sentence befits the crime. By Kari Lydersen Washington Post Staff Writer CHICAGO — Advocates for added flexibility in criminal sentencing took their appeal to the U.S. Sentencing Commission, which…
85-Year Old Chicago Mobster Still Has Soft Spot for Al Capone
Chicago Mobster Sam Valpendesto may be 85. He may appreciate a good early bird special meal. And he may be eligible for a senior discount at the movies. But he’s still very dangerous, prosecutors insist. A judge agreed. By MIKE ROBINSON The Associated Press CHICAGO –– Even at age 85, reputed mobster Sam Volpendesto clearly…
Woman Offers Undercover FBI Agent Swimming Pool and Gas Money to Kill Ex-Boyfriend
The FBI suggested this was the first time a murder-for-hire case began with text messaging. The woman wasn’t exactly offering the world for the murder: an above-ground swimming pool and $200 in gas money. She could have at least thrown in a couple inflatable rafts for the pool in the whole deal. By Steve Schmadeke…
Transportation Security Adm. Workers to Patrol Chicago Commuter Trains
Yes, the same folks who tell you to take off your shoes, put your laptop in a separate bin, make sure you don’t have any coins in your pocket, are coming aboard the Chicago Metra trains. Mark Brown The Chicago Sun-Times CHICAGO — Remember how a Secret Service agent boarded a Metra train this past…
FBI Arrests White Supremacist Blogger on Charges of Threatening Lives of 3 Chicago Judges
The white supremacists movement seems to be grabbing headlines as of late. A white supremacist killed a guard at the Holocaust Museum in Washington a few weeks ago. Now we’ve got the arrest of Hal Turner. The movement, which has become more disorganized in recent years with the deaths of key leaders, is trying to…