Life on parole not what it’s cracked up to be
Sitting in Pontiac Correctional Center three years ago, Michael Paulson, a convicted safecracker considered one of the most prolific in the business, pledged that his life would be different once...
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PATRICK ORDERED TO STAY IN JAIL
Hours after he pleaded not guilty to charges of extortion, accused mobster Leonard Patrick was ordered Monday to remain jailed pending his trial. U.S. District Court Judge Ilana Rovner remanded...
A DEEP RESENTMENT BOILS OVER
Early in their graduate academic careers at the University of Iowa`s prestigious department of physics and astronomy, Gang Lu and Linhua Shan had been friends. Both were part of the...
SUBURBS FIND THEY ARE GANG TURF, TOO
The fall rains have washed away the blood from a neat Bensenville lawn, but not the nightmare. Last week, Jason Campos, 15, was gunned down by a reputed gang member...
FENGER AGAIN FEELS THE PAIN OF DEATH
On Thursday, Gregory Brooks, the football coach at Fenger High School, sat down with a pen and paper and listed those who had been snatched by violence from his teams,...
WHITE MEN FIND RULES AREN`T SAME
Last week, Vince Kamin was leaving a Near North Side restaurant when he stopped at a table to say goodbye to a female colleague, placing his hands on her shoulders....
TEAMSTERS SLAYING FULL OF QUESTIONS
Police were not notified of the shooting of the son of Chicago Teamsters union official Daniel Ligurotis Sr. until about 90 minutes after the father fired the fatal bullet, law...
SERIAL KILLERS` PICKINGS ARE OFTEN EASY
Although the horrors that played out in Jeffrey L. Dahmer`s apartment are over, his arrest last week has again raised the question of how someone can kill repeatedly, almost at...
VICTIM LEFT OAK PARK TO BE WITH HIS FIANCE
Oliver Lacy, 23, identified by Milwaukee police as one of at least 11 victims of a killer who dismembered his victims, was a top athlete at his Oak Park high...
COP BLAMED IN RELEASE OF SUSPECT
Police Supt. LeRoy Martin on Thursday placed blame squarely on one of his officers for releasing a suspect who had been free on bond for attempted murder after the suspect...