Ebook: Mob cop: my life of crime in the Chicago Police Department

"The tell-all memoir of a Chicago police officer and mafia associate who played both sides of the law"--Provided by publisher.;"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 the inner workings of the Outfit that have never been publicly released. Fred Pascente's positions as an insider on both the criminal and law enforcement fronts makes this story a matchless tell-all."--|cProvided by publisher.;There you go -- Paradise -- Trouble in paradise -- The machine -- Grand Avenue -- The Badlands -- Tough guys -- Connected -- Ruch Street nights -- You're in the Army now -- Family feuds -- This is a policeman? -- Street smarts -- Fun and games -- Bad company -- Card games -- Criminal justice -- Thunderbolt -- Shakespeare -- Working both sides -- Gamblers -- Occupational hazards -- Right-hand man -- The bank dick -- Detective Pascente -- Found money -- The Chief -- Family guy -- Rats -- Internal affairs -- Dorfman -- Politics -- The sun sets in the west -- Crime story -- Gone -- Gypsies -- Crazy horse -- Trouble -- Demise -- An Oxford man -- The end.