Dart Appointee Arrested/Indicted
- Confirmed: Tom Dart's top animal crimes investigator Larry Draus indicted... Media left out in the cold. Source says numerous high profile Animal Cruelty cases now in jeopardy! Update; Finally hits the press!
Blogger has confirmed that Dart's top Animal Crimes investigator was indicted after being under FBI surveillance for over a year. This investgator has close ties to the Sheriff and was even given the Humane Chicago Award in 2009 along with Sheriff Dart. Its ironic when anyone else has been arrested from our department Dart gives a press release. But i guess a different standard is applied when your close friends to Sheriff Dart himself. Why is this being covered up???
Is there any entity in Illinois that isn't rife with corruption?
UPDATE: 19thWardPolitics has a whole series of outlining how the Sun Times appears to be in the tank for Tom Dart. Hop over to this link and read their blog.
UPDATE: 19thWardPolitics has a whole series of outlining how the Sun Times appears to be in the tank for Tom Dart. Hop over to this link and read their blog.
Labels: corruption, county
posted by SCC at 3:45 PM
70 Comments:
how ironic......
usually sheriff dart only covers animal crimes.
this one has to sting a little :) nice work 19th ward blog
Ask Retired Captain Mags about 19th ward corruption and influence. He was a perfect example of political corrution. Now he's with the County.
The chief of Chicago Public Food Services has been receiving gifts from her vendors in excess of $80,000. Is anyone legit anymore. Dear FEDS please start sending them to jail.
Just fyi, a federal judge ruled Chicago state univ. must re hire an employee who ran the univ. newspaper and wrote articles against univ. policy, I believe the courts ruled for Freedom of Speech, its called!
Speaking of corporate own corrupt political puppets.
As posted here on more than one occasion stories predicting the sale of the taxpayers assets of everything that's now nailed down is now expanding.
We now have corporate naming rights for the CTA up for bid! Woo-hoo!!
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/breaking/chi-cta-accepting-bids-for-corporate-naming-rights-20120316,0,6861074.story
So will it be naming rights for the schools or the police and fire departments next?
CPD police cars first and then the uniforms will look like a NASCAR driver jumpsuit with corporate logo's stuck all over them.
At least that will confirm the message that many of the citizenry already has about who CPD serves and protects. At least they won't be hiding it anymore.
Can't you just see it?
You call 911 and have to listen to some Bank of America or JP Morgan banking commercial before you get to speak with a call center agent.
Traffic tickets with coupons on the back for whatever the product or service corporate America happens to be pushing this week.
Heh.. you laugh.
Wait until you see what they stick into the envelopes when the out sourced corporation that starts mailing out those tickets from the speed trap cameras come. It won't be pictures of missing children that's for sure.
Although I would like to see them tear down that Daley name though. Take it off Daley plaza and maybe sell the naming rights to the China. Maybe that would remove the curse this city is under. We could call Daley Plaza Red Square or Tienanmen Square..whatever. Take down the Picasso and roll in a Abrams Tank. Chances are come this May downtown is going to look like a Mayday parade anyway..
When you're bankrupt this is what you do. Sell everything. Whore it out. Split up the proceeds.
You take a look at any third world bankrupt country and one of the last things that happens before a total collapse is that the elites raid the treasury before they leave town and it makes you wonder.
Is there any entity in Illinois that isn't rife with corruption?
Come on SSC, you are WAY to smart to ask this question, even in jest!!
I hope Tom DART is having a bad day. He is now trying to say he doesn't even know Larry Draus. Lots of pending cases yo be dropped & lawsuits to settle now.
Too bad Tommy!
Updated: March 16, 2012 4:43PM
A Cook County sheriff’s officer and his son have been snared in a federal sting into contraband tobacco trafficking, authorities say.
On Jan. 30, sheriff’s Officer Lawrence A. Draus allegedly took $10,000
wrapped in newspaper from an informant for the U.S. Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives.
The informant was posing as a trafficker in contraband cigarettes — those without a tax stamp.
For several months, Draus’ son allegedly extorted protection money from the informant, saying his father could stop police from busting a warehouse where the illegal tobacco was stored, according to the ATF.
The son, Lawrence E. Draus, also bought dozens of cases of contraband cigarettes from the informant, authorities said. Each case contains more than 10,000 cigarettes, officials say.
The son paid about $217,000 for 170 cases of contraband cigarettes and accepted about $60,000 in protection money from the informant since July, the complaint said.
On Jan. 30, Draus Sr. met the informant for the first time at a restaurant, accompanied by his son, authorities said.
Draus Sr. allegedly accepted the package of cash under the table.
“I am doing this for my son. I don’t care about anything. It’s for him. I
want him to do good,” Draus Sr. allegedly told the informant in a secretly recorded conversation.
The informant asked Draus Sr. to “scare off” someone “hovering around my business,” according to a federal complaint. “Get me his name,” Draus Sr. allegedly responded.
The informant provided Draus Sr. with the name of another man secretly working for ATF, according to the complaint.
On Feb. 1, Draus Sr., wearing a badge around his neck, allegedly confronted the man outside the warehouse. After a brief discussion, Draus allegedly told the man to “hit the road” and he left, according to the complaint.
Draus and his son have been charged with conspiracy to commit extortion. They were arrested Tuesday and released on their own recognizance, ATF spokesman Tom Ahern said.
“It’s early in the case,” said Brendan Shiller, attorney for Draus Sr. “He’s innocent until proven guilty.”
The sheriff’s office has been cooperating with the federal investigation since mid-summer 2011, said sheriff’s spokesman Frank Bilecki.
Draus Sr., a 35-year veteran of the office, has specialized in investigating animal crimes. He was relieved of his duties and suspended after his arrest, Bilecki said.
The Drauses were busted as part of a larger investigation into contraband tobacco sales, Ahern said. The investigation continues into whether anyone else was involved in the alleged extortion conspiracy, he said.
Schiller is his atty. Nice--he plays both sides. This city, county state SUCKS!
Why would u do such a stupid thing....now he is going to get jobbed, lose his pension and go to jail. Why, if I even entertained the idea of doing something like this it better be for billions of dollars.
Lol. Sun Times has their lips locked on Dart's @ss like a remora does with a shark? Who would have thought that for a second? Might be nice for the press to keep a politically neutral tone and not attempt to cover up the sins of politicos.
Is there any entity in Illinois that isn't rife with corruption?
No!
Jeez, on a Friday afternoon too, an old Daley/Regular Democratic Organization trick too.
Maybe everyone will forget by Monday.
Obviously stiff sentences like Blago's that are supposed to serve as deterrents just don't work. That's another 2 IL 'politicians' indicted this week alone. We should just cut off their hands when they're elected so they can't get the cookies out of the cookie jar!!!!
politics?....in Chicago?.....19th Ward (among others)?....politicians who take care of their friends, family, family friends?.....no way!
"Dart Appointee Arrested/Indicted"
And their attorney is none other than Brendan Schiller, son of Helen Schiller. What a family of scumbags, the Schillers that is, oh, and the offenders too.
If the feds are reading this...they should look at Tom Dart close friend and high ranking Sheriff's employee Kevin McGuire. McGuire was a high ranking Streets and San exempt who falsified his time sheets to cover up that he was working a second job on city time doing real estate appraisals. when the IG instigated McGuire, he ran to Dart who gave him an easy high paying job. McGuire used to do his appraisal paper work at the Panera Bread at Canal and Taylor. that POS used to sit in his white Caddy at Ashland and 32nd St and write up city crews that stopped to pick up coffee on their way to their first job of the day.
When will the get Darts Slime ball brother Tim.
I agree things are Rotten over at CCSPO/CO....but 19th Ward Blogger needs to change his blog name to "I Hate DART." and just be honest about it...LOL
Sounds like its high time to start sending politicians to prison! I'm all for it! Maybe it's a new trend! I hope every last one of them end up in the clink!
Someone should tell Dart to get some new advisors. The ones he has been listening to for the last 6 years haven't been doing right by him. The way things are you would have to think they are purposely giving him bad advice to sabatoge him.
Leave Capt.Mags alone.He worked his ass off for the 19th Ward(not literally,as we all know)Do you realize how much effort went into writing all those checks to Rugai.Give the guy a break!!!!!!!
(video) Rahm's award ceremony gets crashed
Retire from the CPD with years of service and maybe a great resume. Then try to get a job with the county sheriff or states' attorney ofice. You must be kidding!! You better have a sponsor for any job other then a court baliff. Nothing has changed.
By the way, where is our cook county states' attorney Anita Alverez. Looks like she missed another chance to nab a corrupt politician. How many dows that make that she has investigated and indicted? Why, zero of course. The same goes for Lisa Madigan. That is why they are in those offices, to protect the political class. Thak god for the feds.
Lol. Sun Times has their lips locked on Dart's @ss like a remora does with a shark? Who would have thought that for a second? Might be nice for the press to keep a politically neutral tone and not attempt to cover up the sins of politicos.
Yeah cause dart's top press guy is Steve Patterson. Fuck the sun times.
Hey "just a city worker" why don't you go and find a civilian blog and go post over there. 19th Ward Blogger can post the truth about dart and I'm ok with it without calling them out. You're becoming a bit sanctimonious lately. Tolerance is waning.
knew tom and family when i lived in 19th ward mom was nice lady, where she got tom ill never know,if any one needs fed fever its this goof,
Chicago/Cook County, Il
Always a scheme in the works for the "connected" to earn a few $$$$ on the side.
Crime obviously Does Pay !!!!!!!
Check out this post where i a shakman scandal exposed Mark Brown of sun times refused to run story.
http://19thwardpolitics.blogspot.com/2012/02/mark-brown-of-suntimes-refuses-to-run.html
Mags and Rugai is something the Feds should have looked into a long time ago.
We should just disolve Illinois as a state. Split us up between the states on our borders. Fuck it just throw in the towel. I could live with being cheesehead or a hoosier. The maggot cook county democrooks are so entrenched this would be the best choice. God if only we had a legit federal prosecutor. Instead we got the guy that rode the little school bus and was in the back licking the windows.
Sad when this stuff happens.
"Anonymous said...
Just fyi, a federal judge ruled Chicago state univ. must re hire an employee who ran the univ. newspaper and wrote articles against univ. policy, I believe the courts ruled for Freedom of Speech, its called!
3/16/2012 04:38:00 PM"
So much for Mc Carthy's unconstitutional Social Media Order. FOP how about a class action suit for about 200 million and put the judgement into the Pension fund.
While your at it File suit for the monies owed the Pension Fund by the City. That seems to be the only way they will pay the bills if ordered to do so by a Federal Judge.
Lets get our money before he gives it to Malcolm 10, Olive Harvey and Navy Pier!!!
And do you know what Draus did for the other 29 years as a CCSP? He was in charge of gambling unit.
But I'm sure he never took any money during those years. Eh em.
Ask Retired Captain Mags about 19th ward corruption and influence. He was a perfect example of political corrution. Now he's with the County
Hey, youse cant ask me any ding unless Ginger gives the ok!
Now fetch me anudder meatball samwich (belch)
More bad news for the 19th ward - pick up a copy of the new Playboy.
dumpdaley said...
If the feds are reading this...they should look at Tom Dart close friend and high ranking Sheriff's employee Kevin McGuire. McGuire was a high ranking Streets and San exempt who falsified his time sheets to cover up that he was working a second job on city time doing real estate appraisals. when the IG instigated McGuire, he ran to Dart who gave him an easy high paying job. McGuire used to do his appraisal paper work at the Panera Bread at Canal and Taylor. that POS used to sit in his white Caddy at Ashland and 32nd St and write up city crews that stopped to pick up coffee on their way to their first job of the day.
3/16/2012 07:52:00 PM
Don't think the Fed's care about a guy fucking over the county on $$$$$. That's the counties job which I'm sure they won't investigate. It's all the chicago way, today and forever.
Went to grade school with Draus Jr, and he was a jagoff then. Reading this put a smile on my face, couldn't have happened to a bigger piece of shit. Bye Bye Larry.
Retire from the CPD with years of service and a great resume and trying to get a good job ANYWHERE in Cook County without a (paid)sponsor is like trying to get a front row seat at a championship Bulls game without a ticket. But you knew that right?
When I want to do something for my daughter I take her dog for a walk.
The only work Capt Mags ever did was when he worked 005 tact with Stan S. (A2hgs). Stan would make that lard ass get out of the car and at least stand there while Stan did the police work. Mags was more concerned with trying to figure out which co-worker had a heavier clout then he did then trying to solve a crime. If not for his good friend and 19th ward heavy - Jimmy H - and Jimmy's close relationship with Cook County assessor Hynes, Mags would have retired as a P.O. Out of 005.
Oh yes, he made sgt off the 1985 test (notify the w/c & pen and paper - oral board) but only after the last class off that test was made the friday before Labor day -1991.
For some unknown reason he was notified via a phone call from a higher up to report to the academy on Tuesday as the only add on to that class - making him the last one to be made off that list.
Mags talks a good game, but he was all talk, nothing more. Another bitter political hack who felt entitled to a gold star.
. . . When you're bankrupt this is what you do. Sell everything. Whore it out. Split up the proceeds. . .
3/16/2012 04:55:00 PM
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And of course they NEVER stop the spending spree.
Anonymous said...
Retire from the CPD with years of service and maybe a great resume. Then try to get a job with the county sheriff or states' attorney ofice. You must be kidding!! You better have a sponsor for any job other then a court baliff. Nothing has changed.
3/16/2012 09:23:00 PM
You can't even get that job anymore. Clout or no Clout. They haven't hired them in 7 years.
Animal Crimes Investigator? Gee when I was in Area 4 V/C I guess that's what I did. But I didn't receive any Humane Award.
I worked with Draus in Animal Crimes. He was a great cop and guy. I'm very saddened that he did this. It's disheartening.
The sheriffs office is loaded with ex CPD 19th ward political hacks.There's one idiot working over there that collected disability from C.P.D for over 20 yrs and then deemed fit to work for the Sheriff.Then has the balls to tell everyone how he was the cops for 32 yrs.These hacks have no shame.
While your at it File suit for the monies owed the Pension Fund by the City. That seems to be the only way they will pay the bills if ordered to do so by a Federal Judge.
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Detroit firemen did exactly that a few years ago--they sued the city to force them to shore up the pensions and won!!!!!! And the city did.
WHY ISN'T THAT BEING DONE HERE??????
ANSWER THAT FOP!!!!!!!!
http://concernedcitizensofkankakeecounty.org/wordpress/?page_id=110
How much for a carton of Marlboros?
It will only get worse resulting in reduced tax collection, not more. People are fed up with the high taxes and thieving lying politicians so they are just not paying the tax.
Every small convenience store has cigarettes with no tax stamps behind the counter that only their known customers can buy.
And now the State of Illinois will cut into their lottery profits by selling lottery tickets online, cutting out the middleman, the small convenience store.
So how long before they start running their own numbers games and just use the Illinois Lottery to pick the numbers? All they have to do is increase the payout from $500 to $600 on a typical pick 3 winner and they cut the state out entirely.
"Tom Dart's top animal crimes investigator Larry Draus indicted... Media left out in the cold. Source says numerous high profile Animal Cruelty cases now in jeopardy!"
How apt -- it didn't take long before I started thinking of Dart as "The Puppy Dog Sheriff."
I must say, though, that despite his little peculiarities there is a core of common decency -- when there were questions about "robosigned" and other quasi-legal foreclosures, he simply refused to enforce them for as long as he could.
That is more you-know-what than an awful lot of people have, and for saying "No" to the banks I salute him.
Schiller is his atty. Nice--he plays both sides. This city, county state SUCKS!
3/16/2012 05:59:00 PM
Brandon Schiller, ex-ald schiller's son, sues the un-clouted police, and defends criminals with badges. Only in Chicago. Keep voting liberal!
We should just disolve Illinois as a state. Split us up between the states on our borders. Fuck it just throw in the towel. I could live with being cheesehead or a hoosier. The maggot cook county democrooks are so entrenched this would be the best choice. God if only we had a legit federal prosecutor. Instead we got the guy that rode the little school bus and was in the back licking the windows.
3/16/2012 09:44:00 PM
That's a great idea. I'd love to be part of Indiana instead . They have a great Governor. We could be called Gary North and start over.
Finally, page 4 of a Saturday Tribune three days later. Can u imagine the coverage had they been CPD?
In the seventies Mike Mags was the best looking guy on Western Ave. The entire watch followed him to the bars after work just for a chance to hang with the bevy of beauties that always surrounded him. I'm not joking.
19th Ward secrets - Ginger, secretary turned school teacher turned Aldercreature. O'Shea, bartender and part time ward flunkie turned Aldercreature. Fran Hurley, 19th ward secretary and wannabe state rep (going to lose to Martin. The ward is embarrassed and now back pedaling because they sponsored her. They had a secret squirrel meeting and hush hush meeting & will not admit it but are really wishing they hadn't backed her.) Mags, juiced up through Hynes, him and Ginger didn't even get along. Mike and his brother Tom both fared well in their city jobs. Tom refused to play the 19th ward game. Mike....well he played it very well.
Hey, cut the guy some slack. He was just trying to help his son out.
I keed, I keed...
Mike Mags a HUNK ? Git da F*ck outta here. That 450 pound can of Crisco never picked up anything in a bar except a Superbowl buffet plate.
Tom Dart's top animal crimes investigator Larry Draus indicted... Media left out in the cold. Source says numerous high profile Animal Cruelty cases now in jeopardy!"
How apt -- it didn't take long before I started thinking of Dart as "The Puppy Dog Sheriff."
I must say, though, that despite his little peculiarities there is a core of common decency -- when there were questions about "robosigned" and other quasi-legal foreclosures, he simply refused to enforce them for as long as he could.
That is more you-know-what than an awful lot of people have, and for saying "No" to the banks I salute him.
HEY DART IS THAT YOU POSTING ON OUR BLOG???? IF SO QUIT WASTING YOUR TIME AND DO THE JOB THAT TAXPAYERS OF THIS COUNTY ELECTED YOU TO DO.
Hey Mag,
If you read this blog, you'll know who this is; Man, you were "One Hell of a good battering ram". LOL. King Albert, R.I.P., would back me up on this one. LOL again. Keep having fun!
the 219 building will take care of his ass looking at 10 years wtf is wrong with the 19th ward please dont vote for fran
The sad fact of the matter is that everything that has been said about Mags is true. When he was a Lt. assigned to 003, he spent months on the medical as he did not want to work midnites in 003. Finally, 1st Dep Thomas and Supt Hillard finally returned Hynes repeated calls and moved Mags. All the big bosses at HQ's hated Mags because of his blatant medical roll abuse and word would get back to the bosses about his constant criticism of these same bosses while he was hanging in the bars on Western.
Mags was made capt just to appease Hynes and Hynes was told at that time that Mags would never be an exempt. Hynes couldn't understand why not as this 350 lb bullshitter had Hynes believing that he was the World's Best Policeman.
Finally, page 4 of a Saturday Tribune three days later. Can u imagine the coverage had they been CPD?
It's not on the front page because it's just plain old corruption. People are used to it. It doesn't have the entertainment factor of a kid walking into one of our police stations, driving around writing tickets all day. Or, the idiot that decided to use a little female bartender as a punching bag, of course he had to be videotaped. Then there were the winners on the northside that thought it was a good idea to take advantage of young women, while on duty, while under the influence of alcohol......we have some real winners on this job
Can anybody take a message? Dorothy and the Tin Man are on the phone. They'd appreciate it if anyone going to the Ward-Without-Corruption-and-Influence this evening would give them a ride. They're going to see if the Wizard will give them promotions.
"Is there any entity in Illinois that isn't rife with corruption?"
No.
The only way to eradicate this corruption would be a nuclear strike on the Chicago metro area.
The corruption runs that deep.
The only way to eradicate this corruption would be a nuclear strike on the Chicago metro area.
The corruption runs that deep.
3/18/2012 01:20:00 AM
don't give me any more ideas.
Chalkie
We now have corporate naming rights for the CTA up for bid!
Why would any rational company want to put their name on any CTA facility?
Anonymous said...
I worked with Draus in Animal Crimes. He was a great cop and guy. I'm very saddened that he did this. It's disheartening.
3/17/2012 08:24:00 AM
Likewise; very sad to see this news.
Larry Draus has been corrupt for years. Read the affidavit in his case. I hope he enjoys his retirement in prison. Maybe there, he can stay away from smokes.
It seems to me that there should be some state charges in there too. Hello Crook County States Attorneys.........If you want corruption, just look in your own backyard. Several dozen Official Misconducts against Drust would be a good start.
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