CHICAGO — A federal jury in Chicago on Monday convicted a notorious gang boss who, prosecutors said, used ruthless violence and fear to profit off the West Side drug trade for 20 years.
Four years after he and 10 others were charged*in a sweeping federal racketeering indictment, jurors returned a unanimous guilty against Labar “Bro Man” Spann, the leader of crew known as “The Outlaws,” a group born out of the larger Four Corner Hustlers gang.
"He is a smart, ruthless and manipulative gang leader,” Assistant U.S. Attorney Timothy Storino said during the closing arguments of the eight-week trial at the Dirksen Federal Courthouse. “He is a person who kills, he robs, he extorts and he intimidates others all in furtherance of his gang, the Four Corner Hustlers, and he has done it for over two decades.”
Spann was found guilty of all four counts against him: racketeering conspiracy, extortion and two other counts of murder in the aid of racketeering, which carry a minimum life sentence. His sentencing was scheduled for March 2022.
