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Investigators with the Cook County state’s attorney’s office are sworn police officers who are supposed to help prosecutors with criminal cases, whether that means serving subpoenas, tracking down witnesses or conducting interviews.
But one veteran investigator added something else to his job description: smoking for hours on end inside a Bridgeport cigar shop while on the taxpayers’ clock.
Now he’s out of a job, and reforms are said to be under way in the 130-person unit that, sources say, long has been known as a place to coast, especially for those with clout.
An investigation by the Better Government Association and FOX Chicago News found Robert L. Thomas — a retired Chicago cop hired by the state’s attorney’s office in 1997 — spent large parts of his days hanging out at Gianni Cigars Etc. at 31st and Canal when he was supposed to be working.
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For instance, brothers Bruno and Frank “Toots” Caruso — former union officials whom the FBI has identified as members of the Chicago mob — have been seen by authorities at the shop (under a previous name and owner), and the current owner said they still stop by.
Friendly terms with Cook County's fine "investigator" and the "made" guys?:
Thomas said he knows who they are, but stays clear. “I just say ‘hi’ when they come in,” he said. “That’s my only involvement.”
For more on Bruno, Frank and their Uncle Fred Roti : click on this link. Watch this report.
