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CeaseFire complains police interfere with group's push to ease gang conflicts
CeaseFire Illinois workers say Chicago police officers are increasingly ordering them off street corners in Woodlawn along with gang members, interfering with their efforts to tamp down violence in the crime-plagued neighborhood. The alleged...
Tags: Labor Legislation, Lawndale (Chicago, Illinois), Armed Conflicts, Criminal Laws, Laws
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Corrections officials investigating Facebook, Instagram pictures
Corrections officials are investigating whether an inmate at the Baltimore City Detention Center has been using a contraband cellphone to post photos and updates on Facebook and Instagram online accounts. The Maryland Department of Public Safety and...
Tags: FBI, Prisons, Prosecution, Media Industry, Organized Crime
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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: Judges, Police Investigations, Theft, Lawyers, Prisons
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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: Prisons, Organized Crime
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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: FBI, Prisons, Prosecution, Trials, Punishment
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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: FBI, Prisons, Justice System, Gays and Lesbians, Prosecution
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Chicago board approves largest school closing
ReutersCHICAGO (Reuters) - The Chicago Board of Education voted on Wednesday to close 50 schools - including about 10 percent of all elementary schools - in the largest mass school closing in the nation. The closings in mainly Hispanic and African-American...Tags: Chicago Teachers Union, Separation of Church and State, Chicago Mayor, Robert Fioretti, Karen Lewis
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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: Prisons, Organized Crime
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Chicago school board to vote on mass school closing
ReutersCHICAGO (Reuters) - The Chicago Board of Education is due to vote on Wednesday on a controversial proposal to close 54 schools in the country's third-largest public school district in what would be the largest mass school closing in the nation. The...Tags: Plant Closings, Robin Williams, Chicago Teachers Union, Separation of Church and State, Politics
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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: Northwestern University, Primaries, Politics, Political Fundraising, Judges
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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: Firearms, Criminals, Prosecution, Crime, Law and Justice, Social Media
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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: FBI, Lee Baca, Crime, Law and Justice
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