Mob Cop: My Life of Crime in the Chicago Police Department PDF
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MOB COP THESE ARE UNCORRECTED ADVANCE PROOFS BOUND FOR YOUR REVIEWING CONVENIENCE. In quoting from this book for reviews or any other purpose, please refer to the final printed book, as the publisher may make changes on these proofs before the book goes to press. MOB COP MY LIFE OF CRIME IN THE CHICAGO POLICE DEPARTMENT FRED PASCENTE SAM REAVES WITH Copyright © 2015 by Fred Pascente and Sam Reaves All rights reserved Published by Chicago Review Press Incorporated 814 North Franklin Street Chicago, Illinois 60610 ISBN 978-1-61373-134-5 Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Pascente, Fred, 1942–2014. Mob cop : my life of crime in the Chicago Police Department / Fred Pascente, Sam Reaves. pages cm Summary: “The tell-all memoir of a Chicago police officer and mafia associate who played both sides of the law”— Provided by publisher. Includes bibliographical references. ISBN 978-1-61373-134-5 (hardback) 1. Pascente, Fred, 1942–2014. 2. Chicago (Ill.). Police Department—Corrupt practices. 3. Police—Illinois—Chicago—Biography. 4. Police corruption— Illinois—Chicago. 5. Organized crime—Illinois—Chicago. I. Reaves, Sam, 1954– II. Title. HV7911.P366A3 2015 364.1092—dc23 [B] 2015002298 Interior design: PerfecType, Nashville, TN Printed in the United States of America 5 4 3 2 1 To my father, who would not approve of this at all. And I apologize, because I know you’re in heaven. C O N T E N T S 1 There You Go ................................................................1 2 Paradise ........................................................................8 3 Trouble in Paradise ...................................................21 4 The Machine ..............................................................28 5 Grand Avenue ............................................................33 6 The Badlands ..............................................................41 7 Tough Guys ................................................................49 8 Connected .................................................................59 9 Rush Street Nights ....................................................70 10 You’re in the Army Now .............................................79 11 Family Feuds ..............................................................90 12 This Is a Policeman? .................................................99 13 Street Smarts ..........................................................107 14 Fun and Games .........................................................113 15 Bad Company ...........................................................119 16 Card Games .............................................................127 17 Criminal Justice ......................................................140 18 Thunderbolt .............................................................149 19 Shakespeare ............................................................160 2 0 Working Both Sides ................................................170 21 Gamblers ..................................................................178 2 2 Occupational Hazards ............................................188 vii 23 Right-Hand Man ......................................................195 24 The Bank Dick .........................................................203 25 Detective Pascente .................................................209 26 Found Money ...........................................................217 27 The Chief ..................................................................223 28 Family Guy ...............................................................232 29 Rats ..........................................................................239 30 Internal Affairs ........................................................250 31 Dorfman ...................................................................255 32 Politics .....................................................................260 33 The Sun Sets in the West .......................................264 3 4 Crime Story ..............................................................270 35 Gone .........................................................................276 36 Gypsies ....................................................................281 37 Crazy Horse .............................................................285 38 Trouble .....................................................................293 39 Demise .....................................................................300 40 An Oxford Man ........................................................305 41 The End ....................................................................313 Afterword .................................................................325 Acknowledgments ...................................................328
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