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Former Chicago cop gets 12 years for working with gang
Tribune reporterA former veteran Chicago police officer was sentenced today to 12 years in federal prison for conspiring with leaders of the Latin Kings to rob the gang's rivals of cash, drugs and guns. Antonio Martinez Jr., 42, could have faced up to life in prison,...Tags: Justice System, Prosecution, Judges, Punishment, Lawyers
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Purported 'secretary' for Mexican Mafia arrested in Kansas
Authorities have arrested a purported "secretary" for the Mexican Mafia who allegedly helped funnel information through Los Angeles County jails — from her home in Kansas. Cecilia Virgen-DeLeon, 31, was taken into custody about 11:15 a.m....Tags: Organized Crime, Prisons
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Corrupt cop gets 12 years
For five years, federal authorities had been chasing leads on two Chicago police officers believed to be conspiring with leaders of the Latin Kings to rob the gang's rivals of cash, drugs and guns, but they never had enough solid information to make a...
Tags: Judges, Antonio Martinez, Lawyers, Punishment, Trials
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Alleged mafia secretary nabbed in Salina
KWCH 12 Eyewitness News"I couldn't believe it--could not believe it!" Debbie Alexandar says. It's not every day your neighbor is arrested for allegedly coordinating murders for the Mexican Mafia. Alexander says the neighbor across the street never was very friendly. "She...Tags: Organized Crime, Prisons
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Judicial hopefuls rely on political consultants
This story was reported in collaboration with Medill Watchdog, a project at Northwestern University's Medill School of Journalism, and WGN-TV, with producer Marsha Bartel and reporter Mark Suppelsa contributing. Medill Watchdog can be found at...
Tags: Elections, Judges, Voting, Lawyers, Political Fundraising
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Facebook shotgun photos leads to arrests of two Crazy White Boys, deputies say
Detectives on the hunt for two fugitive gangsters earlier this month turned to Facebook for clues. That's where they say they hit the jackpot: Photos of Mario Daniel McDonald and Joseph Wayne Edwards each holding a shotgun. McDonald, 23, and Edwards,...
Tags: Prosecution, Social Media, Criminals, Firearms, Crime, Law and Justice
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Crime rates fall in sheriff's patrol areas, report finds
When battling street gangs across Los Angeles County, sheriff's deputies rely too heavily on suppression and not enough on gang intervention, according to a study released Monday. By not doing more to connect with the communities they police, the report...Tags: Lee Baca, FBI, Crime, Law and Justice
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As contraband phones flood Baltimore jail, blocking technology comes online
Maryland corrections officials are taking advantage of new technology designed to block the use of contraband cellphones by inmates — a problem at the heart of recent indictments at the Baltimore City Detention Center. In a program being used at...
Tags: Black Guerrilla Family, Federal Communications Commission, Lawyers, Rod J. Rosenstein, FBI
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LGBT inmates report sexual victimization at much higher percentages
Amid the unfolding jail scandal in Baltimore right now, there are two things relevant to the gay community that I want to bring up. I'm not sure if there are any connections between the two, or if one affects the other. But viewed together, they do...
Tags: Justice System, Black Guerrilla Family, Prosecution, Gays and Lesbians, U.S. Department of Justice
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Man's murder conviction is reduced to voluntary manslaughter
After fatally shooting his unwanted houseguest in the head, Robert Charles Redd stuffed the man's body into a recycling bin and wheeled it into a room of his Pico Rivera home. When the stench of death grew too overpowering a couple of days later, Redd...
Tags: Justice System, Prosecution, Judges, Defendants, Lawyers
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Man stabbed to death in apparent gang-related attack in Echo Park
A man was stabbed to death early Sunday on an Echo Park street in an attack that appeared to be gang-related, police said. About 2:40 a.m., two men got into an argument at Clinton and Waterloo streets when one of them pulled a knife, stabbed the other...
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Law toughens penalties for social media-linked attacks
Gov. Pat Quinn signed into law Saturday a measure that allows stiffer penalties for people convicted of using social media to organize mob attacks. Social media has made it easier for groups of people to orchestrate violence, including those related to...Tags: Illinois Governor, Judges, Pat Quinn, Punishment, Magnificent Mile
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