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Despite his grandfather having been a prominent sewer contractor who was killed by the Chicago Outfit in Little Italy, in 1928, [2] Cain would later become a close associate of Sam Giancana. While Cain worked as an officer in the Chicago Police Department (CPD) during the mid-1950s, he served as a bagman between corrupt police officials and the ...
Cooley was born in 1943 to an Irish-American family which lived in the Greater Grand Crossing section of Chicago's Southeast Side. [1] His father was a Chicago Police officer , as were his grandfathers – both of whom had died in the line of duty.
DiFronzo, a former enforcer and caporegime in the Chicago Outfit, first appeared with a criminal record in 1949. He got the nickname "No Nose" because he sliced off part of his nose while jumping through a window during a 1949 clothing store burglary. Reportedly, the police gave him back the missing part, which was almost perfectly restored. [2]
Later, Buffalo crime boss Stefano Magaddino and Giancana were overheard on a wiretap saying the meeting should have occurred in the Chicago area. Giancana claimed that the Chicago area was "the safest place in the world" for a major underworld meeting because he had several police chiefs on his payroll.
Fall River interim Police Chief Kelly Furtado holds a bouquet of flowers as she is surrounded by family and friends at her swearing-in ceremony at Government Center on Tuesday, Oct. 15, 2024.
Chicago police described Jackson as "a man with the body of a giant and the brain of a child", who was known in syndicate circles as a mob "juice" collector who specialized in pain for delinquent customers. In 1941 he was arrested in Green Bay, Wisconsin, for assault and robbery. In 1947, he was arrested and charged with rape, but was not ...
The FBI had at least 26 confidential informants on the ground in Washington, DC, during the Jan. 6, 2021 storming of the Capitol — most of whom engaged in illegal activity during the chaos, the ...
A Chicago police sergeant faces termination over the wrongful raid of an apartment that was recorded captured on body camera video that showed a woman being handcuffed while she was naked.. Police ...