Mob Cop My Life of Crime in the Chicago Police Department

Fred Pascente, Sam Reaves

eBook - 2015

Former Chicago police officer and mafia associate Fred Pascente is the man who links Tony Spilotro, the protagonist of Nicholas Pileggi's Casino and one of Chicago's most notorious mob figures, to William Hanhardt, chief of detectives of the Chicago Police Department. Pascente and Spilotro grew up together on Chicago's near West Side, and as young toughs they were rousted and shaken down by Hanhardt. While Spilotro became the youngest made man in Chicago Outfit history, Pascente was drafted into the army and then joined the police department. Soon taken under Hanhardt's wing because of his connections, Pascente served as Hanhardt's fixer and bagman on the department for more than a decade. At the same time, Pascente... remained close to Spilotro, making frequent trips to Las Vegas to party with his old friend while helping to rob the casinos blind. Mob Cop tells about the decline of traditional organized crime in the United States, and it reveals information about...

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Published
Chicago Review Press
Language
English
Main Authors
Fred Pascente, Sam Reaves
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Format
Kindle Book, OverDrive Read eBook
Kindle Book
ASINB00YLQU8NI
Release Date6/1/2015
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File Size2 GB
ISBN9781613731376
Release Date6/1/2015