The Brief
- A Chicago gang leader has been sentenced to life in prison in a federal racketeering case.
- Prosecutors say he was responsible for multiple murders and decades of violence on the West Side.
- All defendants charged in the case have now been convicted.
CHICAGO – A leader of Chicago’s Four Corner Hustlers gang was sentenced to life in federal prison for his role in a violent criminal enterprise that operated for decades on the West Side.
Labar Spann, 47, was convicted last December after a five-week trial on charges including racketeering conspiracy, two murders in aid of racketeering and extortion.
Prosecutors said Spann participated in a criminal organization that terrorized neighborhoods including West Garfield Park and North Lawndale, as well as the former LeClaire Courts public housing development, through drug trafficking, robberies, extortion and violence.…