North Side Man With a History of Drug Dealing Gets Life Sentence

Published February 6, 2014

North Side man with a history of drug dealing gets life sentence
Mr. Chontos argued that Attorney General Eric Holder's August policy memorandums calling on federal prosecutors to withdraw motions for sentencing enhancements had been ignored in Moffitt's case. “Life, you don't think that's kind of harsh for my crimes?
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Doctors and Bouncers in Oxycodone Ring Charged
"The world of prescription drug trafficking is looking more and more like the world of old-school trafficking in narcotics like heroin, cocaine and crack," Bharara said. "In this case, the drug spot was a clinic controlled by traffickers, often through …
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Attorney plans to file post-conviction petition in acquitted prison guard case
Charges against one of the other guards were withdrawn. Another guard was acquitted of drug charges during a 2005 trial and allowed to return to work at the prison. The other four guards entered guilty pleas and received various sentences, but avoided …
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