The Rockford LCN: Cozy With LE and Politicians

[cavita]

Its amazing to me that no one has really been indicted on an rico or flipped in all the years its been active.

Good observation on the RICO thought. I know the FBI lost key intel on the family when Augie Maniaci was killed in September 1975, By June 1976 the FBI closed their files on the family because they said the members weren't observed doing anything illegal but I have instances where they were still involved and committing illegal activity. By 1979/1980 the FBI reopened investigation into them and were surveilling them hard due to the murder of a member and their narcotics, gambling and two, possibly three bombings. I think since the area FBI field offices were poorly staffed and they were having success prosecuting the Chicago family and the headlines that came with it, Rockford was never really a priority for them.

Towards the end when you noted how they destroyed documents... well, when I was in the military capturing some pretty bad guys and we were in the middle of an op and a govt official who worked for a clandenstine 3 letter organization with high security clearance told me in the middle of the moment he said,
"There is many reasons to collect intel, but there is only ONE reason to destory it" lol

Great comparison on that. I would have loved to get my hands on those files as they most likely named more members and associates. I had spoken a long time ago with one of the reporters that wrote the 1984 newspaper expose on the Rockford LCN. He told me he thought he had copies of those files in a box in his attic. I gave him time and touched base with him once in a while and got a cool response from him. He altogether stopped responding to my emails which was incredibly frustrating.

Wonder why he stopped responding. Did you offer him some money? Maybe somebody else got to him to make him change his mind.

No clue why he stopped contact. I never offered money and he never asked but he was willing to give me the files when he found them. He had told me there were other LCN members that I was unaware of so I really wanted them.

[PolackTony]

Its amazing to me that no one has really been indicted on an rico or flipped in all the years its been active.

Good observation on the RICO thought. I know the FBI lost key intel on the family when Augie Maniaci was killed in September 1975, By June 1976 the FBI closed their files on the family because they said the members weren't observed doing anything illegal but I have instances where they were still involved and committing illegal activity. By 1979/1980 the FBI reopened investigation into them and were surveilling them hard due to the murder of a member and their narcotics, gambling and two, possibly three bombings. I think since the area FBI field offices were poorly staffed and they were having success prosecuting the Chicago family and the headlines that came with it, Rockford was never really a priority for them.

Towards the end when you noted how they destroyed documents... well, when I was in the military capturing some pretty bad guys and we were in the middle of an op and a govt official who worked for a clandenstine 3 letter organization with high security clearance told me in the middle of the moment he said,
"There is many reasons to collect intel, but there is only ONE reason to destory it" lol

Great comparison on that. I would have loved to get my hands on those files as they most likely named more members and associates. I had spoken a long time ago with one of the reporters that wrote the 1984 newspaper expose on the Rockford LCN. He told me he thought he had copies of those files in a box in his attic. I gave him time and touched base with him once in a while and got a cool response from him. He altogether stopped responding to my emails which was incredibly frustrating.

Wonder why he stopped responding. Did you offer him some money? Maybe somebody else got to him to make him change his mind.

No clue why he stopped contact. I never offered money and he never asked but he was willing to give me the files when he found them. He had told me there were other LCN members that I was unaware of so I really wanted them.

Damn... How frustrating.

[Patrickgold]

Its amazing to me that no one has really been indicted on an rico or flipped in all the years its been active.

Good observation on the RICO thought. I know the FBI lost key intel on the family when Augie Maniaci was killed in September 1975, By June 1976 the FBI closed their files on the family because they said the members weren't observed doing anything illegal but I have instances where they were still involved and committing illegal activity. By 1979/1980 the FBI reopened investigation into them and were surveilling them hard due to the murder of a member and their narcotics, gambling and two, possibly three bombings. I think since the area FBI field offices were poorly staffed and they were having success prosecuting the Chicago family and the headlines that came with it, Rockford was never really a priority for them.

Towards the end when you noted how they destroyed documents... well, when I was in the military capturing some pretty bad guys and we were in the middle of an op and a govt official who worked for a clandenstine 3 letter organization with high security clearance told me in the middle of the moment he said,
"There is many reasons to collect intel, but there is only ONE reason to destory it" lol

Great comparison on that. I would have loved to get my hands on those files as they most likely named more members and associates. I had spoken a long time ago with one of the reporters that wrote the 1984 newspaper expose on the Rockford LCN. He told me he thought he had copies of those files in a box in his attic. I gave him time and touched base with him once in a while and got a cool response from him. He altogether stopped responding to my emails which was incredibly frustrating.

Wonder why he stopped responding. Did you offer him some money? Maybe somebody else got to him to make him change his mind.

No clue why he stopped contact. I never offered money and he never asked but he was willing to give me the files when he found them. He had told me there were other LCN members that I was unaware of so I really wanted them.

You should try reaching out to him again. Sounds like a gold mine waiting to be discovered