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September 17, 1923 – George Meegan, a Chicago bootlegger allied with the Southside O'Donnells, and Southside O'Donnell member George Bucher were killed by Frank McErlane. 1924 – Prosperous Irish mobsters Paddy Lake and Terry Druggan, of Chicago's little-known Valley Gang, each got a year in jail for contempt of court.
Since 2001, at least 50 women between the ages of 18 and 58 have been murdered in a similar fashion within the city of Chicago. [2] The victims were predominantly black, typically employed as prostitutes, and often had previous experiences with the justice system.
Standing 4 ft 6 in (137 cm), Sandifer was a young member of the Chicago street gang the Black Disciples (BD). After committing murder, theft, and armed robbery, he was murdered by his own fellow gang members who feared Sandifer could become a “snitch” and expose their criminal activities to authorities if he were arrested. Coverage of ...
The trooper called for backup and attempted to initiate a traffic stop, but Flanagan sped away. His car ran off the side of the road and struck an embankment near Markham after a pursuit of less than two miles. [19] Flanagan was found inside the car with gunshot wounds, [8] which were apparently self-inflicted while he was driving. [20]
North Side Gang. The Genna crime family ( Italian pronunciation: [ˈdʒɛnna] ), was a crime family that operated in Prohibition-era Chicago. From 1921 to 1925, the family was headed by the six Genna brothers, known as the Terrible Gennas. [1] The brothers were Sicilians from the town of Marsala and operated from Chicago's Little Italy and ...
During his five-month-long murder trial that ended in November 2004, prosecutors described Scott as a man who regretted that he was soon to become a father and committed murder to get out of his ...
Robbery. The murder of Zheng Shaoxiong occurred in Chicago, United States on November 9, 2021, when Dennis Zheng Shaoxiong, a 24-year-old graduate at the University of Chicago, [ 1] was fatally shot by Alton Spann, a 19-year-old Chicago resident, on the sidewalk in the 900 block of East 54th Street in Hyde Park. [ 2]
April 1 – Frank Capone, brother of Al Capone, is killed by police during the fighting which broke out while leading around 200 gunmen into Cicero, Illinois during the 1924 Chicago Elections in support of Mafia backed Republican politicians. November 10 – Chicago North Side Gang leader Dean O'Banion is killed when three unidentified men ...