By Mike Robinson Associated Press Writer Published: Jun 8, 2005
CHICAGO (AP) - Federal prosecutors charged Wednesday that the Chicago branch of a Colombian heroin trafficking organization operated inside the city water department. Eight people were arrested in Chicago and one was seized in New York on charges involving an alleged conspiracy to distribute heroin on the city streets.
Among those charged was Gerald A. Prado, a hoisting engineer for the city's water department and the leader of the distribution cell, according to federal prosecutors.
Also charged were Prado's brother-in-law, Anthony C. Ritacco, and Michael D. Hart, both identified as low-level employees in the city water department.
The water department is already awash in allegations that trucking companies received department business in exchange for payoffs.
And last week, the city water commissioner and nine of his workers, including an in-law of Mayor Richard Daley's brother, were ousted in a payroll scandal. Authorities said the nine employees used each other's identification cards to make it appear they were working when they were not...
Finding this article today, reminded me of the "still unsolved" murder of the NJ Water Treatment Chemist...could it be that someone thought she knew something they didn't want her to tell? Also, IMHO drug smuggling money and terrorism are closely tied together.
February 2005:
Last week, Gettha Angara's body was discovered at the bottom of a well at the ultra-secure New Jersey water-treatment plant, where she worked as a chemist monitoring the daily treatment of 83 million gallons of drinking water.
A fellow employee shoved Geetha Angara into a 35-foot-deep well at the Passaic Valley Water Commission plant in Totowa last week, according to the New York Post.... Link to Full Article
It's pretty sad when we, born here and with 100% allegiance here, have to 2nd guess where it is "SAFE" to live in our own country. The exodus from California is HUGE, no thanks to our country's "let them all in and and give the illegals a free pass once they're here" policies. Californians are cashing in and buying up land and houses wherever they can, but NOT in California. I feel your pain about Northern Virginia. They've got their collective feet planted in many American cities and by means of overpopulation, will slowly but inevitably take control, as is their plan.