CHICAGO (AP) — A federal judge on Tuesday sentenced a Chicago street gang member to 10 years behind bars for stealing more than 100 newly minted guns from a Norfolk Southern yard, saying such thefts have contributed to “an epidemic of violence” in the city. Before sentencing, a prosecutor also described what he said was […]
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Gangs Reap Guns from Trains in Violent Chicago Neighborhoods
CHICAGO (AP) — When street-gang thieves slipped with ease into a Norfolk Southern rail yard on Chicago’s South Side and ripped locks off one train, they likely expected to see merchandise like toys or tennis shoes. What they beheld instead was a gangster’s jackpot: box after box of brand new guns. In this Tuesday, Feb. […]
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Jurors Deliberate in Big, Complex Chicago Street-Gang Trial
CHICAGO (AP) — Jurors who deliberated Thursday for their first full day at the biggest street-gang trial in recent Chicago history head into the holidays facing the daunting task of sorting through months of evidence in a complex racketeering case against purported leaders of the South Side Hobos, with signs already of some dissention among […]
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Biggest Street-Gang Trial in Recent Chicago History Begins
CHICAGO (AP) Six purported leaders of the Hobos street gang went on trial Wednesday in a case that is expected to provide a rare look inside the criminal activity fueling gun violence in the nation’s third-largest city. Prosecutors say the defendants murdered, maimed and tortured their way into controlling the most lucrative drug markets on […]
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Jesse Jackson, Jr. Auction Stopped after Authenticity Issues
CHICAGO (AP) — With the authenticity of a guitar supposedly signed by Michael Jackson and Eddie Van Halen called into question, authorities pulled the plug Friday on an online auction of personal belongings forfeited by Illinois’ prison-bound former congressman, Jesse Jackson Jr. The U.S. Marshals Service began the auction earlier this week to recoup part […]
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Brokerage Giant Settles Race Discrimination Lawsuit
CHICAGO (AP) — Lawyers for hundreds of Black financial advisers have reached a $160 million settlement in a lawsuit accusing Wall Street brokerage giant Merrill Lynch of racial discrimination, a plaintiffs’ attorney said Wednesday. If approved by a federal judge in Chicago as expected, the payout by Merrill Lynch to around 1,200 plaintiffs would be […]