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Former Top Chicago Detective Admits to Leading Theft Ring

By Red Wolf

9 November 2001

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Former chief of detectives in the Chicago Police Department, William A Hanhardt, pleaded guilty today in Federal District Court to charges of running a sophisticated jewel-theft ring across several states for more than a decade. How did the detective find the people to rob? He used law enforcement computers and databases to get information about travelling jewellery sales people

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