Chicago Mob's Long Term Plant on Chicago Police Force Dies. William Hanhardt Ex-Chicago top cop, who ran mobbed-up jewelry theft ring, dies

The Chicago Sun-Times reports:

William Hanhardt, a former high-ranking Chicago Police official who spent time in prison for running a mob-connected jewel-theft ring, has died at age 88, his family confirmed today.

Hanhardt, a former deputy police superintendent and chief of detectives, died at Highland Park Hospital around 3 a.m. from complications from chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, according to his family.

He had been living in Deerfield and previously lived in the Far Northwest Side’s Edison Park neighborhood, where the funeral is tentatively scheduled for Tuesday.

Hanhardt has been described as one of the most crooked cops in Chicago history, with federal prosecutors saying he ran a mob-tied, highly sophisticated theft ring that stole tens of millions of dollars worth of jewelry from salesmen across the country. He worked for the Chicago Police for 33 years, and is the highest-ranking former Chicago Police officer ever to be convicted of a crime.

Federal prosecutors have said Hanhardt was long one of the Outfit’s men at the Chicago Police Department.

Here's the press release when the Justice Department indicted Handhardt:

Hanhardt's organization surpasses in duration and sophistication -just about any other jewelry theft ring we've seen in federal law enforcement

Imagine that. Watch the documentary down below if you haven't....