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On May 4, 2018, at approximately 3:15 a.m., 27 year old Almighty Saints gang member Ernesto "Ernie" Godinez was acting as a lookout in Chicago's Back of the Yards neighborhood when he opened fire on members of an undercover joint task force who he mistook as rival gang members, striking 28 year old ATF agent Kevin Crump.
Leader of the Gangster Disciples in Chicago; sentenced to life in state prison in 1973 for murder; convicted in 1997 of drug conspiracy, extortion, money laundering, and running a continuing criminal enterprise for leading the gang from state prison. [71] [72] Jeff Fort: 92298-024 Archived February 6, 2012, at the Wayback Machine
The duo went on to revamp the prison's educational system, adding a high school curriculum to help inmates who are seeking for a tertiary education. [ 5 ] In 1933 Lester Joseph Gillis ( Baby Face Nelson ) was released from Joliet Prison, and a mock-up of the foyer is shown in the 1957 movie Baby Face Nelson where Gillis (played by Mickey Rooney ...
Officers within Chicago's Police Department -- the second largest in the country -- have been given intel materials in recent months alerting them to the slew of tattoos the violent prison gang ...
At least 30 suspected gang members have been arrested by the Chicago Police Department between January 2023 and September of this year, the records show. Chicago cops have busted dozens of Tren de ...
In 1957, the Vice Lords gang was founded by several African American youths originally from the North Lawndale neighborhood of Chicago. [8] These youths met while incarcerated in the Illinois State Training School for Boys in St. Charles (also known as the St. Charles Juvenile Correctional Facility).
At least 60 incarcerated people have died in Cook County Jail, the largest single-site jail in the U.S., since 2017, according to the jail’s data. For Cook County officials, these numbers ...
Participants in organized crime in Chicago at various times have included members of the Chicago Outfit associated with Al Capone, the Valley Gang, the North Side Gang, Prohibition gangsters, and others.