(Sun Times Wire) Another member of the Four Corner Hustlers has pleaded guilty as a sweeping street gang trial nears at the Dirksen Federal Courthouse, records show. Deandre Spann pleaded guilty Friday to a racketeering conspiracy, joining Rontrell Turnipseed, who pleaded guilty to the same crime two days earlier. Several members of the street gang…
( Sun Times Wire) One of the 11 members of the Four Corner Hustlers who was indicted on federal racketeering charges has pleaded guilty. Rontrell Turnipseed — who’s also a Chief Keef-affiliated rapper — pleaded guilty Wednesday to one count of taking part in a racketeering conspiracy, just a month before he was scheduled to…
(Sun Times Wire) A 19-year-old member of the Satan Disciples street gang has been accused of fatally shooting a man walking his dogs in Back of the Yards after mistaking his target for a member of the Latin Saints. Hector Aguirre faces a charge of first-degree murder in the death of 25-year-old Jamil Al Shaubi,…
(Sun Times Wire) A south suburban member of the Four Corner Hustlers gang and two of his associates were charged with selling “wholesale quantities” of heroin on Chicago’s West Side. Raymond “Shaky Shawn” Betts, 52, is charged with conspiracy to possess a controlled substance with intent to distribute, according to a criminal complaint filed Tuesday…
(Sun Times Wire) Good riddance — but not yet. That seemed to be the message Tuesday from dozens of community activists, who applaud the decision to destroy the Cook County Sheriff’s Office’s controversial gang database but not before some key questions are answered. “This rush to get rid of it is a way to protect…
(Sun Times Wire) Four men allegedly committed murder on Northwest Side in hopes of gaining status in a street gang, according to federal prosecutors. A federal indictment unsealed last week charges four alleged members of the Milwaukee Kings street gang who allegedly committed murder in aid of racketeering, according to the U.S. Attorney’s Office of…
(Sun Times Wire) He doesn’t have a household name like Larry Hoover, Jeff Fort or other infamous leaders of Chicago gangs. Lawrence “Big Law” Loggins kept a low profile — no mentions in the newspaper and no arrests since he was released from prison in 2009. But he was the head of the Black Disciples,…
(Sun Times Wire) Federal racketeering charges were announced Friday against four members of “a particularly violent” gang faction tied to nearly a dozen murders in Englewood. At least 18 members of the Goonie Boss faction of the Gangster Disciples terrorized the South Side neighborhood, according to a federal indictment. And about half of them, including…
(Tribune) Newly filed federal racketeering charges allege a South Side street gang faction was responsible for a three-year reign of terror in the Englewood community, including nearly a dozen killings that claimed the lives of rivals and innocent victims alike, sources told the Chicago Tribune. The indictment, which was returned by a federal grand jury…
(Tribune) Wearing a T-shirt emblazoned with the city of Chicago flag, Donta Lucas described some considerable troubles he has faced in his 34 years — growing up in the tough Cabrini-Green public housing development and later being homeless. But what he was not, Lucas told reporters Tuesday in a halting voice, was a gang member.…
(WGN) The Chicago Crime Commission is unveiling a new street-gang book that’ll serve as a guide for regional police and others keeping tabs on gangs. The official release of the 2018 Gang Book on Tuesday is the first time since 2012 the crime-prevention group has released a new Gang Book. The Associated Press obtained advanced…
(ABC) Lamanta Reese lived much of his gang life in virtual reality, posting videos on YouTube of him and others taunting rivals. He died at age 19 in the real world, bleeding from his head onto a porch on Chicago’s South Side after one of those gang rivals, prosecutors say, shot him 11 times. Another…
(Sun Times Wire) Federal prosecutors in Chicago escalated their assault on the Almighty Latin King Nation on Thursday, revealing a new 20-count indictment that lays six murders dating back to 1999 at the feet of the violent street gang. The new 53-page document also adds 14 new defendants to a prosecution that began in summer…
(Sun Times Wire) Prosecutors on Monday compared the six square blocks of the West Side controlled by the Black Souls to technology behemoth Apple Inc., while defense lawyers said the street gang was simply a “random collection of dudes.” The stark difference in the interpretation of nine weeks of trial testimony was to be expected,…
(Sun Times Wire) Federal prosecutors have “hundreds” of hours of wiretap recordings collected during the investigation of 11 men identified as members of the brutal Four Corner Hustlers street gang who were indicted in a sweeping racketeering and murder conspiracy in September. Assistant U.S. Attorney Peter Salib said at a court hearing Friday that the…
(Sun Times Wire) Federal prosecutors announced a sweeping racketeering indictment against a Chicago street gang late Thursday afternoon, tying nine Four Corner Hustlers to a decades-long conspiracy that led to the murders of six people. Labar “Bro Man” Spann is accused of participating in all six slayings, including the June 2003 murder of Latin Kings…
