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West Side Gang Leader Responsible for Killing Off-Duty Detective and Woman Sentenced to 35 Years in Prison for Heroin Conspiracy

CHICAGO –(ENEWSPF)—September 18, 2014. A high-ranking leader of the Traveling Vice Lords street gang who directed a violent west side drug-trafficking conspiracy was sentenced today to 35 years in federal prison after a judge ruled that he “very likely” murdered an off-duty Chicago police detective and a woman in August 2008.

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“Your drug trafficking activities were a scourge on your community,” Judge Lefkow said.

The judge also ruled that the government met its burden in…

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