Update on animal shooting on 79th

I love this read the last line after reading the article.

Five people were wounded as they were apparently waiting for a CTA bus this afternoon in the South Shore neighborhood on the South Side.

The shooting happened in the 7900 block of South Jeffery Boulevard, said Police News Affairs Officer John Mirabelli.

Preliminary reports stated the victims were standing at the corner when someone approached on foot and opened fire, striking them. The gunman then fled in a minivan, said Police News Affairs Officer Veejay Zala.

One of the victims, a 19-year-old woman, suffered a gunshot wound to her right side and her back and was taken in critical condition to Northwestern Memorial Hospital, Zala said.

A 16-year-old boy was shot in his chest and taken in critical condition to Stroger Hospital. Two 17-year-old boys were wounded. One suffered a graze wound and was taken to South Shore Hospital where his condition had stabilized. The other boy was shot in his upper thigh and was taken to Stroger.

A 20-year-old man walked to South Shore Hospital. He was shot in his hand, Zala said.

Police recovered the minivan a short distance away from the shootings. A gun was found inside of the van, Zala said.Police believe the shooting was possibly gang-related.

As of 6:30 p.m., no one was in custody for the shooting.

really they had 1 in custody and the gun from the shooting so hey Tribune tell the truth

Animal's escaped from 26th & Cali. Zoo decieded to shoot it up on 79th S. Jeffery

This is what the Chicago Tribune is stateing:

Four teens were shot and wounded as they were apparently waiting for a CTA bus this afternoon in the South Shore neighborhood on the South Side.

The shooting happened in the 7900 block of South Jeffery Boulevard, said Police News Affairs Officer John Mirabelli.

The victims, ages 16 to 17, were taken to Stroger Hospital, Northwestern Memorial Hospital and South Shore Hospital. One of the teens was in critical condition, according to Fire Department media.

No other details were immediately available



Here is the real story from the cops on scene. " 4XX I am chasing a vehicle Squad I need some cars we are heading East Bound 71st passing Clyde, Passing Merrell, Passing Paxton Going South on Phillips" Dispatch What is the car wanted for  4XX it looks like they are going to bail at 77th and Phillips I am on notify my supervisor Dispatch What are they wanted for 4XX wanted for the shooting on the CTA on 79th Jeffery. one in custody we recovered the gun 4XX don't touch it 4XX no shit I need crime sceen tape. 3XX send some cars we have 4 hit and one of them took it in the eye 2 don't look to good and the other two are graze wounds.3XX squad I am relieved by 4XXX need a boss 42XX on scene squad 10-4 units that are responding slow it down 4XX go ahead commander get CPD 1 over there to help search the area and send out that description again. Units on the zone units on the city wide CPD 1 are you on the zone go for CPD 1 we are looking for a male black wearing a black hoody and blue jeans and his hair is dredlocked last seen running East from 77th and Phillips copy that. Officer's have him in custody squad.

111Mph to have sex with a chick shouldn't been stopped instead should have been escorted and use of dash cam could have taped orgy

Naperville, Ill. - One can only wonder whether Zachary P. Ramirez has a slow hand to go with that apparently lead foot of his.

The 21-year-old motorist got pulled over recently by Naperville police, after a patrol officer clocked him driving 111 mph through a section of the Springbrook Prairie Forest Preserve, where the speed limit is posted at 45 mph.

As traffic cops are wont to do, police asked Ramirez where he was going in such a hurry. Ramirez reputedly replied he was “trying to go have sex with a girl he liked.”

Police Sgt. Gregg Bell said Ramirez’s troubles began about 2:06 a.m. Saturday, when an officer was on patrol and on the lookout for speeders along a stretch of Plainfield-Naperville Road.

The officer noted a black, 1994 Honda Prelude driving north from 87th Street, Bell said via e-mail. The officer’s radar unit initially clocked the car traveling at 104 mph “and finally locked at 111 (mph),” he said.

Bell said the motorist, later identified as Ramirez, continued driving north after running a red light at the intersection of 75th Street and Plainfield-Naperville Road. Ramirez also allegedly ran a stop sign before a second officer curbed his car near Oswego and River roads in the Countryside neighborhood.

Ramirez, “when asked why he was traveling so fast, replied he was trying to go have sex with a girl he liked,” Bell said.

To add to his woes, police allegedly found 0.2 grams of marijuana during a search of his car.

Ramirez lives on the 1400 block of Fairway Drive, in the Country Lakes area of Naperville’s far northwest side. He faces trial on charges of speeding 40 mph or more over the statutory limit, possession of 2.5 grams or less of marijuana, reckless driving, disobeying a traffic control signal and disobeying a stop sign, according to records on file in DuPage County Circuit Court in Wheaton.

Court records indicated Ramirez’s only other brush with the law occurred in March 2010, when Naperville police ticketed him for speeding 15 to 20 mph over the limit. He was fined and placed on supervision a month later in that case, records showed.

Ramirez is free on $200 bond. His arraignment date is pending.

CCSD Officer's hurt in crash along woth a wild animal prisoner

One prisoner and one correctional officer were injured this morning when two Cook County sheriff’s buses transporting prisoners collided on the southbound Stevenson Expressway, officials said.

The accident happened about 7:55 a.m. in the left lane of the expressway just north of Pulaski Road, when one of the two buses ran into the rear of the second one, according to Master Sgt. Jason LoCoco of the Illinois State Police.

According to Frank Bilecki, spokesman for the Cook County Sheriff's Office, the two buses were part of a five-vehicle convoy that was transporting 106 prisoners from Cook County Jail to Stateville Correctional Center in Joliet. The convoy included a squad car in the lead, and four buses following. Three of the buses carried prisoners and the fourth was a backup.

Traffic stopped suddenly on the expressway and the first two vehicles in the convoy, the squad car and the first bus, stopped without any problem, but the third vehicle, also a bus carrying prisoners, ran into the back of the second vehicle. The other two vehicles in the convoy, both buses, stopped without incident.

Bilecki said that the five vehicles travel closely together for security reasons, to prevent other vehicles from breaking them up.

Bilecki said one prisoner and one correctional officer were taken to Mt. Sinai Hospital for further observation. The prisoner was placed on a stretcher after reporting some back or neck pain before being taken from the scene, Bilecki said, and the officer was able to walk before being taken to the hospital. No specific condition was available for either, but Bilecki believed their injuries were considered minor.

Bilecki did not know which bus the injured prisoner or the injured officer was on.

Bilecki said that all of the buses were able to leave the scene and return to Cook County Jail, where the other 105 prisoners will be checked out at Cermak Health Services of Cook County at the jail before being transported later to Stateville.

Bilecki said that officials will review camera footage from cameras on the buses to see if anything else can be learned about the accident.

Horny Wildebeast on the lose from the zoo last spotted on the CTA Orange Line

Police are searching for a man who allegedly sexually abused a woman Thursday afternoon on a CTA Orange Line train.

About noon Thursday, a woman was riding on the train when a man boarded at the Pulaski Station and sat down next to her and began fondling her, police said.

Police described the suspect as a black male, about 6 feet tall and weighing 225 pounds. He has a medium complexion with a birth mark on the left side of his face. He was wearing a dark hooded sweatshirt, a black skull cap and blue jeans, police said.

Police also have released a surveillance photo from the train that shows the man they are seeking to find.

Anyone with information about the man or his whereabouts should contact Area Central Detectives at (312) 747-8380.

Gun carrying man ends stabbing spree at Salt Lake grocery store

SALT LAKE CITY (ABC 4 News) - A citizen with a gun stopped a knife wielding man as he began stabbing people Thursday evening at the downtown Salt Lake City Smith's store.

Police say the suspect purchased a knife inside the store and then turned it into a weapon. Smith's employee Dorothy Espinoza says, "He pulled it out and stood outside the Smiths in the foyer. And just started stabbing people and yelling you killed my people. You killed my people."

Espinoza says, the knife wielding man seriously injured two people. "There is blood all over. One got stabbed in the stomach and got stabbed in the head and held his hands and got stabbed all over the arms."

Then, before the suspect could find another victim - a citizen with a gun stopped the madness. "A guy pulled gun on him and told him to drop his weapon or he would shoot him. So, he dropped his weapon and the people from Smith's grabbed him."

By the time officers arrived the suspect had been subdued by employees and shoppers. Police had high praise for gun carrying man who ended the hysteria. Lt. Brian Purvis said, "This was a volatile situation that could have gotten worse. We can only assume from what we saw it could have gotten worse. He was definitely in the right place at the right time."

Dozens of other shoppers, who too could have become victims, are also thankful for the gun carrying man. And many, like Danylle Julian, are still in shock from the experience. "Scary actually. Really scary. Five minutes before I walk out to my car. It could have been me."

Police say right now they have no idea what caused the suspect to go on the dangerous rampage. (We will update as soon as we learn new information.)

So far, police have not released the names of the suspect, the victims or the man who pulled the gun.

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South Side to Honor a Fallen Hero

Earlier today, Chicago Police officials, elected officials, clergy and members of the community joined the Kupczyk family to unveil new street signs that give honorary designation (Commander John Kupczyk Way) to a block of 63rd Street, directly in front of the CPD Eighth District Station.

The Southwest Chicago Post was on hand to help capture the ceremony (in photo and video) to honor the late Commander Kupczyk, a good and decent man---liked, respected and admired by so many.CLICK HERE TO READ THE FULL POST AT SOUTHWEST CHICAGO POST

Wildebeast shoots and kills 2 students after he commited a robbery

LOS ANGELES, CA - USC and the Los Angeles Police Department announced sweeping new security measures Thursday, including the addition of 30 police officers to the area surrounding the campus.

The move comes three weeks after the university was stunned by the slayings of two graduate students from China, a case that remains unsolved. The measures go beyond more police on the street to include the sharing of crime data with USC public safety officials, the installation of more security cameras and the addition of a city prosecutor who will focus on cases in and around the campus.

"This will provide a significant increase in police presence around USC," said LAPD spokesman Andrew Smith, adding that the extra 30 officers will increase the Southwest Division's total personnel by about 7.5%.

An LAPD detective, as well as four officers, will be assigned specifically to work on and around campus with USC safety officials.

The additional officers, which were shifted from other LAPD divisions, will increase patrols and conduct more frequent parole checks on local gang members.

More security cameras will also be installed, and USC will continue to trim overgrown trees that have been blocking street lighting, an initiative that the university has been working with the city on for several years, said USC public safety Capt. David Carlisle.

"We got permission from the city to trim city-owned trees at our expense," Carlisle said. "The city has also allowed us to put security cameras on city light posts and change in brighter, more energy-efficient light bulbs."

Officials said USC will also cover most of the personnel costs for the new officers, though no details were provided by LAPD Chief Charlie Beck, who was joined at a news conference Thursday by Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa and USC President C.L. Max Nikias.

Although crime around the campus has dropped in recent years, the killings of the students is not the only recent incident that has unnerved the community.

Last week, a campus police officer shot and wounded a man suspected of robbing four students at gunpoint as they walked along the university's fraternity row about 12:30 a.m. The students were not injured.

A week earlier, Ming Qu and Ying Wu, both 23 and graduate students from China studying electrical engineering, were fatally shot less than a mile from campus.

The two had been chatting in a 2003 BMW about 1 a.m. when a gunman approached and shot two or three times into the driver's side. Property belonging to the students was later found to be missing, leading investigators to suspect that robbery may have been the motive for the crime.

No one has been arrested in connection with the killings. The city and school have offered rewards totaling $200,000 for information leading to an arrest in the case.

After the deaths, more than 1,000 friends, faculty and officials came together for a formal memorial with the victims' families. Students organized a candlelight vigil, and many have held gatherings in local chapels.

A quiet funeral was held Friday before the parents returned to China. Various student organizations have raised more than $18,000 for the two families, Peter Wang, president of USC's Chinese Students and Scholars Assn., said.

Wang, a junior at USC, said he hopes the university will follow through with the security enhancements. The association and other student groups have been leading open forums on safety concerns and are meeting with USC President Nikias next week to discuss future improvements such as increasing on-campus housing and safety orientations for incoming students.

"I've had friends back in China [considering schools in America] email me about the current situation, asking how security is," Wang said in Chinese. "For the last two weeks, I've been responding, 'I'll see what we can do.' Now I can tell them this new information and hopefully we can all feel safer."

Federal patrols set for Loop

'Operation Red Zone' increases security throughout South Loop's federal complex

The streets around the city's downtown federal buildings will see a noticeable increase in security — including officers in battle dress — as early as next week as the city prepares for the May 20-21 NATO summit.

The Federal Protective Service, which secures federal buildings, this week informed tenants of the city's federal buildings that they would have personnel patrolling the streets as early as next week.

The officers were expected to be in battle dress and carrying non-lethal weapons, according to several sources who were not authorized to speak publicly.

In a memo titled "Operation Red Zone," the protective service said the increased security will be extended throughout the South Loop area often referred to as the federal complex. It includes the Kluczynski Federal Building, the U.S. Dirksen Courthouse and the Metropolitan Correctional Center. Several buildings just east on State Street are also in the so-called red zone.

The memo notes there have been no specific or credible threats at federal facilities "related to terrorism by international terrorist organizations" but that the area around the complex will be "directly and indirectly" affected by protests in the days before and after the summit.

The memo noted that there were two planned anti-war protests — one on May 15 and one May 19 — on the federal plaza in which upward of 1,000 participants were expected.

The memo warns that intersections and building entrances could be blocked during demonstrations. In the event of "demonstrated aggression," some areas could be temporarily shut down, according to the memo.

A protective service spokesman did not return phone calls Thursday.

The Chicago Police Department released a statement after news of the "red zone" was first reported in the Chicago Sun-Times on Thursday.

"The security perimeter and overall event plan are under the auspices of the United States Secret Service, with support from a variety of federal, state and local partners, including the Chicago Police Department," the statement said. "Federal Protective Services does not have a direct security role during the NATO summit. Federal Protective Services is in charge of securing their buildings, some of which are on or nearby the anticipated routes of permitted events such as parades and protests that will take place during the summit."

ABC NEWSReleased photo's of Zimmerman's head

ABC News has released a new photo of the back of George Zimmerman’s head, taken just “three minutes after he shot and killed Trayvon Martin.” His head is brutally bloodied. As the image above shows, there’s blood all over his head, at least two gashes, and a large bruise forming at the top of his head.

Zimmerman’s contention all along has been that Martin was bashing his head against the pavement, which is why he was forced to shoot him. The media – especially ABC News -- initially attempted to discount that story completely, releasing video of his booking at the Sanford police station that were not well-pixellated, and thus did not show the gashes on the back of his head. It took several days for ABC News to release an enhanced version of the video that showed that there were gashes on Zimmerman’s head. In the meantime, the media had a field day reporting that Zimmerman had shot Martin essentially in cold blood; Martin’s family claimed that Zimmerman was not injured; members of Congress, without any evidence, attempted to pass a resolution labeling the killing a racially-motivated crime.


ABC News reports that the source of the new photo was a witness to the aftermath of the event, and that Zimmerman asked the source to call his wife for him after the shooting.


Martin’s family attorney, Benjamin Crump, suggested that the photo didn’t mean anything because Zimmerman wasn’t brought to a hospital for stitches. “How bad could it have been if they didn’t take him to the hospital [and] didn’t stitch him up,” he asked. But that statement, of course, if Zimmerman’s head was being bashed against the ground, he had no legal obligation to wait until his injuries required immediate hospital attention.

Hospitals Prepare for NATO Attack, Perform Dirty Bomb Response Drills

Chicago - Suburban hospitals are preparing for a worst-case scenario during next month's NATO summit.

At least ten hospitals performed drills, including Evanston Hospital, simulating a radioactive dirty bomb explosion. The "victims" are volunteers from the U.S. Navy's Great Lakes training center.
“We want to make sure that, as we're getting close to the NATO Summit, that our staff are ready and trained and able to take care of our community,” NorthShore University HealthSystem’s Dr. Brigham Temple said.
An estimated 500 medical professionals and other volunteers donned bulky protective suits, tested radiation detectors and ministered to about 100 US Navy recruits Wednesday.
They were posing as victims of a so-called "dirty bomb" that had exploded, leaving them with deadly radioactive cesium on their skin. Doctors and nurses would risk their own lives if they began treating the wounded before they are cleansed of radiation.
One thing everyone learned Wednesday is that the work is sweaty hard and the suits become steamy hot.
“Certainly, it is hot inside them,” Dr. Temple said. “But we do have plans in place so that we rotate the staff through so they are in those suits for a fixed period of time, usually 20-30 minutes. Then we have a new set of staff that come through and take their place.”
Dr. Temple said Wednesday's dirty bomb scenario had been worked out in conjunction with the Secret Service and the federal Dept of Homeland Security.
U.S. authorities are preparing in the days ahead to deploy black-suited federal agents in and around federal buildings downtown.
They'll set up checkpoints at entrances to the area and at individual buildings. From there to Evanston Hospital, where a young intern tried on a protective hood this evening, the watchword is “be prepared.”

“If something does happen, God forbid, we'll be ready to do something about it,” Dr. Michael George said.
While the feds said there is no specific, credible threat of an attack inside the United States, they did warn Thursday that a so-called "lone wolf" terrorist might try to mark the first anniversary of the killing of Osama Bin Laden next week. That anniversary comes on May 2.
They're afraid that a rogue terroritst might take advantage of the cesium found in old nuclear plant waste leftover from the Cold War and use it in a suitcase bomb, or a dirty bomb like it.

Mother creates trailer trash ho

Anita Roost (Elgin Police Dept. / April 27, 2012)

 

An Elgin mother was charged Thursday with contributing to the delinquency of a minor and aggravated battery after she drove her 16-year-old daughter to a local park so her daughter could fight another girl and even videotaped the incident, police said. Anita R. Roost, 46, appeared in Kane County court on Thursday after being charged in connection with the April 2 incident, according to police.
According to a police report, Roost was in a car with her daughter and two of the girl's friends along with Roost's 14-year-old son when her daughter received a call from another friend who informed the daughter that a 15-year-old girl with whom she had been having problems wanted to meet at a park to talk things out.
The girl told her mother that she wanted to go to the park but instead of talking, the girl told her mother she wanted to fight the girl, police said. The mother then drove the girl to Shallow Hill Park, 340 Cassidy Lane, where she dropped the girl off along with her friends, police said.
After dropping the girl off, Roost allegedly drove around the park and she drove up to her daughter and her friends who were now speaking with the 15-year-old girl and her friends. The 15-year-old told the daughter that she wanted to talk about their problems and began walking away, police said.
As the girls were beginning to walk, Roost told her daughter to, "Kick her a--," according to the report. Roost then yelled from her car window toward the other girl that her daughter was, "going to kick her a--," police said.

After the Roost's taunting, her daughter tried to get the other girl to fight but the girl tried to "defuse" the situation. Roost at this point took cell phone video of the interaction.

Roost then called one of her daughter's friends on her cell phone and told her, "Enough's enough, either kick her a-- or let's go home."
Seconds later Roost's daughter attacked the other girl. The attack was recorded by one of the victim's friends and police pursued charges after finding the videotape.
Police allege that after that beating, Roost drove her daughter to a nearby house and encouraged her to begin another fight with the same girl. The owners of that home came outside and ordered the Roosts to leave before a second fight began.
Roost's daughter was charged as a juvenile with aggravated battery in the public way and was detained at the Kane County Youth Home.

Since 9-11-01 people do stupid shit to test aircraft security once aboard

 

DES MOINES, Iowa -- A woman who raised a fuss about her missing wallet was removed from a Des Moines-to-Chicago flight.
A Des Moines police report says the 33-year-old woman had gotten on the United Express flight Wednesday afternoon. She soon realized her wallet was missing.
A quick check of the plane's restrooms turned up nothing, so the woman began arguing with flight attendants and demanding to be let off the plane.
As the arguments escalated, the United personnel decided she should be removed from the plane.
She was interviewed by security officials. They checked her background as a precaution but found no reason for alarm.
Her wallet wasn't in the Des Moines airport either. It turned up in Chicago, on the plane she'd been removed from.
Police haven't released her name.

Sarge's Life saving Award goes to Alsip Police

Sarge wants to say well done, the fact that these suburban cops had nothing to do but to look for a child is amazing. I mean it's Alsip the town where cops would stop to watch kids play ball or join them for a few swings on the bat, or to sit and watch the kids play football at Apollo Park.  The best thing about it is that they saved the kids life. So the Sarge is giving the department this life saving award. Well done! 


Porter Stone, allegedly abducted by his father, leaves Advocate Christ Medical Center this morning

Three family members accused of taking a 5-year-old boy from a St. Louishospital where he is on a heart transplant list are headed back to Missouri to face charges.

The father, aunt and grandmother of the boy waived extradition Thursday during a court hearing in Chicago.

The three are charged with taking Porter Stone from St. Louis Children's Hospital on Tuesday afternoon, soon after he was discharged following evaluation for a transplant. Police found them early Wednesday in a motel room in south suburban Alsip.

The boy's father. Jeffrey Stone, his aunt, Heather Minton and his grandmother Rhonda Matthews appeared before Cook County Judge James Brown. They face kidnapping and child endangerment charges.

Brown ordered all three held without bond until Missouri authorities take them into custody.

After abducting the boy, Jeffrey Stone repeatedly called and texted the boy's mother, Tiffany Stone, taunting her and calling her names and refusing to let her speak to her son or tell her where they were at, prosecutors in Missouri allege.

Police were able to tell the phone was not in Missouri, but officials did not confirm that they used the cell phone to track Stone to Alsip.

Stone and Matthews were taken into custody and the boy was taken to a hospital to be checked, though he seemed fine, according toSt. Louis police. He left the hospital this morning, wrapped in a blanket and carried by his mother into a waiting cab.

Doctors had expressed concern when the boy disappeared because he suffers from cardiomyopathy -- a weakening of the heart -- and was hooked up to a portable IV containing just a day's worth of medication.

Porter is at the center of a custody dispute between Stone and the boy's mother, Tiffany Stone. Tiffany Stone is in the process of divorcing Jeffrey Stone in Tarrant County, Texas, according to the St. Louis Circuit Attorney's office. The Texas court awarded her custody of the boy in December.

"We never thought in our wildest dreams that he would do anything like this," Porter's maternal grandfather, Matthew Fife, said.

Police issued an Amber Alert for Porter after his father took him from St. Louis Children's Hospital around 4 p.m. Tuesday, police said.

Porter, who lives in St. Joseph in northwestern Missouri, has been traveling back and forth between St. Louis and Kansas City for treatment of his condition. On Tuesday, the family decided to place the boy on a heart transplant list. Porter was then discharged so he could be monitored by doctors closer to home in the Kansas City area, authorities said.

Police say Stone took the boy to the hospital's pharmacy, then called his estranged wife and said he was taking him away.

( Alsip Police / April 25, 2012 )

Jeffrey Stone, Rhonda Matthews and Heather Minton have been charged with Parental Abduction and related charges by the St. Louis PD stemming from Tuesday¿s abduction of 5 year old Porter Stone from a hospital in St. Louis. Stone, Matthews and Minton are being held on $1,000,000 bond arrest warrants at the Alsip, Illinois Police Department. (Alsip Police)

Police investigate Link card fraud at Evanston stores

Two businesses on Evanston’s west side were raided by police and federal agencies Thursday morning in what authorities say is an ongoing investigation into suspected fraud involving Link cards, according to officials.

Police and agents with the U.S. Department of Agriculture and Secret Service executed a search warrant at A.J. Mini Mart, 1901 Church St., and A.J. Wireless, 1700 Dodge Ave. Records and various handheld electronic devices were confiscated, officials said.

Animal's are at it again 3 shot in Hanson Park neighborhood on NW Side

Three people were shot this evening in the Hanson Park neighborhood on the Northwest Side, according to Chicago Fire Department and police officials.

Paramedics were called to the 2300 block of North Lorel Avenue at about 9 p.m. this evening for a report of three people shot, said Chicago Fire Department Spokesman Kevin MacGregor.

Two of the three people were taken in serious-to-critical condition to Advocate Illinois Masonic Medical Center and the third person was taken in fair-to-serious condition to Mount Sinai Hospital, said MacGregor.

Chicago Police News Affairs Officer Sgt. Antoinette Ursitti said preliminary information indicated that a man sustained a gunshot wound to his back and a woman sustained a gunshot wound to one of her legs. They were taken to Advocate Illinois Masonic Medical Center for treatment.

The third person shot was a man who was also shot in the leg. He was taken to Mount Sinai Hospital, Ursitti said.

The circumstances leading to the shooting were not available. Area North detectives are investigating.

Cook County State's Attorney Investigator Spends Hours at Cigar Shop on Government Time

Chicago - FIRST ON FOX: Your tax dollars, up in smoke.

An investigator with the Cook County State's Attorney's Office has stepped down after FOX Chicago News and the Better Government Association found him spending hours during his work day hanging out at a cigar shop.

That turned out to be just the tip of the problem.