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How West Side bust led the feds to ‘El Chapo’
Christopher Baines
One of the biggest drug investigations in history began in Chicago with less than two ounces of heroin.
On a hot summer day in 2007, a west suburban drug dealer named Christopher Baines sold a plastic baggie containing 50 grams of the brown, powdery stuff to a government informant near Cicero and Chicago avenues on Chicago’s West Side.
Heroin kingpin protected his drug empire with ruthless violence. He faces up to life in prison
Federal prosecutors say David Price’s body tells the story of his life — from the tattoo covering his face that says “Neighborhood Bully” to the pictures of his children tattooed on his back just above the tat showing him with guns blazing in each hand, by the words “God Forgives, I Don’t.”
Inside the Biggest Heroin Bust in Northeast Ohio History
It begins with what seems like a routine traffic stop in a Chicago suburb one late summer night.
The driver of a sedan heading east out of town doesn’t signal a right toward the turnpike. The trailing Joliet police squad car flashes its lights as darkness sets in.
“I was going to be the best gangster out there.” The Josh Gordon Interview
One corner. Four killings. A South L.A. neighborhood grapples with a wave of violence
The first to die was her friend “Ken Dog, ”Five months later, her fiancé was gunned down, then another friend, “Bug” — all on the same South Los Angeles street corner.
Semaj Smith lives in Harvard Park, one of the city’s deadliest neighborhoods. Her yellow house is riddled with bullet holes. A dark stain from memorial candles marks the spot on the sidewalk where her fiancé died.
Major meth bust on I-24 over the Rutherford County Line
On Tuesday afternoon, (November 7th, 2017) Shannon D. Baxter age 34 of Indianapolis IN was the driver of a vehicle stopped for a traffic violation on Interstate 24 at exit 114 by Tennessee Highway Patrolman Donnie Clark. According to the arrest warrant, upon making contact with the driver of the vehicle, both the driver and the passenger were very nervous.
EX-NYC BEAUTY PAGEANT CONTESTANT FOUND DEAD WITH THROAT SLASHED IN JAMAICA
A New York City model who went to Jamaica to work and save money for film school was found dead on the side of a road in Anchovy, Jamaica.
Desiree Gibbon, 26, was found with her throat slashed on Sunday morning, just four miles away from Montego Bay, Jamaica.
The biggest drug busts in Oregon history
In Dec. 4, an Oregon State Trooper pulled over an SUV on Highway 140 in Klamath Falls after the driver appeared to be weaving in and out of his lane. The driver, later identified as Andrew Garrigan, and his passenger, Jacob Runion, both from Texas, consented to a search of the vehicle.
Top lieutenant for druglord El Chapo found tortured and killed
The Track: How pimps ruin lives on Bourbon Street
Ten Memphis pimps had been running roughshod across New Orleans, exacting brutal control over their female victims. The pimps were accused of forcing women to turn tricks in Chef Menteur Highway hotel rooms, and beating them publicly when they refused or got out of line.
They had also discovered Bourbon Street, where the women could not only find an array of potential customers, but also use their close proximity to rob them of cash and valuables, according to FBI findings described in court filings.