DE LEO, D`ARCO TIED TO BUILDING PROBE
Convicted 1st Ward powerbrokers John D`Arco Jr. and Pasquale ''Pat'' De Leo have been revealed to be part owners of a $1.6 million building planned as a branch for the...
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BANKER`S ACCUSER HAS CRIMINAL RECORD
In August 1991, four months after federal regulators seized Cosmopolitan National Bank because it was insolvent, authorities grabbed another important asset: A witness who has alleged he committed arson years...
COSMOPOLITAN BANK PROBE EXPANDED
A widespread federal investigation of the now-defunct Cosmopolitan National Bank has been expanded to include scrutiny of a $1.6 million complex on the West Side that was intended to be...
COSMOPOLITAN BANKER WAS SET TO FLEE COUNTRY, FBI AGENT SAYS
Former Cosmopolitan National Bank Chairman James Wells was preparing to flee the country after being tipped that prosecutors had obtained the cooperation of an arsonist whom Wells allegedly had hired...
POLICE HOPE FOR ANSWERS AT LAST IN TORTURE CASE
It is a case that has gone unresolved through a decade of investigations and courtroom battles, tarnished the reputations of three highly decorated police officers, and raised a painful question:...
3 COPS CHARGED WITH BRUTALITY
Formal charges were filed Tuesday with the Chicago Police Board seeking the firing of a top police commander and two detectives who allegedly took part in the torture of a...
QUESTIONS ABOUT POLICE TORTURE PERSIST
The questions wouldn`t die. They were raised in federal courtrooms and raucous City Council hearings. They brought investigators from Amnesty International, the worldwide civil rights organization, to probe the streets...
OFFICERS FACE DISMISSAL ON CHARGES OF TORTURE
Police Supt. LeRoy Martin moved Friday to fire a police commander and two detectives who have been accused of torturing prisoners while in custody. Brighton Park Area Cmdr. Jon Burge...
TURMOIL AT FIRM THAT HANDLED CITY PENSION FUNDS
Their letters to city officials were sprinkled with references to intimate dinners and lavish cocktail parties. One ended, ''Forever yours in white wine.'' But forever ended last year for Trident...
BRUTALITY CHARGES TO BE REVIEWED
Police Supt. LeRoy Martin has asked city attorneys to review charges that a police commander tortured suspects in police custody. Police union head John Dineen said that this type of...