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A common case that was dropped one of Chicago’s most violent gangs started small.

In the fall of 2016, Chicago police officers involved in organized crime investigations were involved in drug trafficking on the West Side, making relatively low-level buys. They climbed the wires and built a case, but the target wasn’t high-ranking gang members, just an increasingly complex puzzle to piece together.

What grew out of those first threads became the Wicked Town racketeering case, one of the largest prosecutions of the gang in recent years at the Dirksen U.S. Courthouse. Ultimately, the investigation would require thousands of hours of work by a number of different federal and local agencies, including the Chicago Police Department, the Illinois State Police, the US Drug Enforcement Administration, the IRS and the US Attorney’s Office.

At the center of it all were agents from the US Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives who helped gather evidence, including ballistics and firearms, wiretapping, physical and electronic surveillance, jail calls and social media posts. to paint a larger picture of the violence and terror that Wicked Town, a faction of the Wandering Vice Lords, has brought to the Austin community.

Their efforts over the past five years culminated earlier this month when a federal jury convicted Donald Lee, the notorious leader of Wicked Town, and one of his top “shooters,” Torrance Benson, guilty of RICO (Racketeer Influenced Corrupt Organizations) conspiracy. with a series of murders, shootings, robberies, beatings and other violence stretching back two decades.

Read the full story from the Tribune’s Jason Meisner.

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As motorists travel along Robert Parker Coffin Road in north suburban Long Grove, they become the subjects of a fascinating psychological test. In front of them is a magical covered bridge that would fit right into a Robert James Waller novel. The only difference is a large yellow sign attached to a tree that reads “8’6”, much shorter than the average school bus or truck.

Do the drivers of such vehicles pay attention to the many warning signs before approaching the bridge? Are they taking a last chance to turn onto a side road? Or do they value discovery and take risks?

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Lury is among the participants Corliss’ new aviation program known as “pilot school”. It gives students the opportunity to prepare for the Federal Aviation Administration’s Unmanned Drone Pilot Certification Exam, a license that allows them to operate drones for hire or for any non-recreational purpose.

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