Wednesday, June 08, 2005

Fed allege Colombian heroin ring operated in Chicago city department

It's just getting worse and worse in Chicago....From AP:

CHICAGO - Federal prosecutors charged Wednesday that the Chicago branch of a Colombian heroin trafficking organization operated inside the city water department.

Eight people were arrested in Chicago and one was seized in New York on charges involving an alleged conspiracy to distribute heroin on the city streets.

Among those charged was Gerald A. Prado, a hoisting engineer for the city's water department and the leader of the distribution cell, according to federal prosecutors.

Also charged were Prado's brother-in-law, Anthony C. Ritacco, and Michael D. Hart, both identified as low-level employees in the city water department.

The water department is already awash in allegations that trucking companies received department business in exchange for payoffs.

Read here for the entire story. And beginning August 1, there will be no smoking at the Cook County Jail, how are these poor dears going to survive?

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