Post by Roach on Jul 27, 2010 8:03:38 GMT -5
Great article in the Trib about police officer Joe Gorman - father of Redhawk wrestlers Quinn & Hugh Gorman. Congrats Joe!
Fugitive can't escape high-ranking cop's memory for faces
July 26, 2010
As head of gang investigations for Chicago police, Joe Gorman has access to lots of investigative tricks and tools to hunt down bad guys.
This morning it was Gorman's memory that led to the arrest of a 44-year-old gang member who fled Chicago a dozen years ago while on trial for drug offenses.
At 8:35 a.m., Gorman was on his way to work and was stopped at a red light at Western Avenue on the Southwest Side when he took note of a man walking past his car. He looked an awful lot like Steve Holloway, a high-ranking Conservative Vice Lord who was facing Class X drug delivery charges when he disappeared in 1998.
Gorman's investigators had tracked Holloway to Missouri, Tennessee and Kentucky. Gorman had worked on a West Side tactical team in the area where Holloway had operated and remembered him. He called for a district squad car for backup and followed Holloway for about a half-block before he and the other officers stopped him.
Gorman walked up to Holloway and used his street name, saying "Steve, is it Nicky Snow? Or what are you going by these days?''
Holloway -- who was carrying a fake ID -- looked up immediately. Police later verified Holloway's identity.
"I wish they were all this easy,'' Gorman said.
Chicago Police Officer Jack DeDore arrested Holloway in 1996 while working in the West Side's Ogden police district. He said Holloway fled after the jury was picked for his trial, and noted that Holloway had extensive knowledge of identity theft.
DeDore was assigned to Gorman's gang unit three years ago and was actively looking for Holloway. Even before that, he was in constant contact with gang crimes officials to see if Holloway had surfaced.
"Everybody's got to pay the piper," said DeDore, who was alerted to today's arrest by Gorman and came in to process Holloway. "He doesn't look a day older."
According to court records, Holloway did not show up in court on Feb. 11, 1998 for his trial and a warrant was issued for his arrest. He was convicted in his absence and sentenced to 20 years.
During 12 years on the lam, Holloway told police that he worked construction in the Midwest and stayed out of trouble, a source said. He had recently returned to Chicago.
Fugitive can't escape high-ranking cop's memory for faces
July 26, 2010
As head of gang investigations for Chicago police, Joe Gorman has access to lots of investigative tricks and tools to hunt down bad guys.
This morning it was Gorman's memory that led to the arrest of a 44-year-old gang member who fled Chicago a dozen years ago while on trial for drug offenses.
At 8:35 a.m., Gorman was on his way to work and was stopped at a red light at Western Avenue on the Southwest Side when he took note of a man walking past his car. He looked an awful lot like Steve Holloway, a high-ranking Conservative Vice Lord who was facing Class X drug delivery charges when he disappeared in 1998.
Gorman's investigators had tracked Holloway to Missouri, Tennessee and Kentucky. Gorman had worked on a West Side tactical team in the area where Holloway had operated and remembered him. He called for a district squad car for backup and followed Holloway for about a half-block before he and the other officers stopped him.
Gorman walked up to Holloway and used his street name, saying "Steve, is it Nicky Snow? Or what are you going by these days?''
Holloway -- who was carrying a fake ID -- looked up immediately. Police later verified Holloway's identity.
"I wish they were all this easy,'' Gorman said.
Chicago Police Officer Jack DeDore arrested Holloway in 1996 while working in the West Side's Ogden police district. He said Holloway fled after the jury was picked for his trial, and noted that Holloway had extensive knowledge of identity theft.
DeDore was assigned to Gorman's gang unit three years ago and was actively looking for Holloway. Even before that, he was in constant contact with gang crimes officials to see if Holloway had surfaced.
"Everybody's got to pay the piper," said DeDore, who was alerted to today's arrest by Gorman and came in to process Holloway. "He doesn't look a day older."
According to court records, Holloway did not show up in court on Feb. 11, 1998 for his trial and a warrant was issued for his arrest. He was convicted in his absence and sentenced to 20 years.
During 12 years on the lam, Holloway told police that he worked construction in the Midwest and stayed out of trouble, a source said. He had recently returned to Chicago.