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Filed under:Clifton Coleman was the alleged ringleader of an organization that distributed heroin at two intersections in Chicago’s Austin neighborhood, according to prosecutors.Thirteen new arrests have been made in the second phase of “Operation Dirty Ice,” a drug trafficking investigation on Chicago’s West Side.Clifton “Big Homie” Coleman, 45, allegedly led a trafficking organization operating out of Austin, according to the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Northern District of Illinois. Coleman, of Westchester, was charged with conspiracy to possess a controlled substance with the intent to distribute.Authorities seized three kilograms of heroin, 500 grams of crack cocaine, about $1.1 million cash, five handguns and a rifle in a search of homes in the neighborhood, prosecutors said.The organization allegedly obtained and distributed 800 to 1,000 grams of heroin in Chicago each week, prosecutors said. They used two stash houses to mix the drugs with other substances, including sleeping pills.Officers saw them conducting multiple hand-to-hand sales near the intersections of Chicago and Lavergne avenues and Chicago and Pine avenues during the investigation, prosecutors said. Police also coordinated undercover heroin purchases.Twelve other people were arrested and charged with conspiracy to possess a controlled substance with the intent to distribute, prosecutors said.All made their initial court appearances in Chicago, according to prosecutors.Twelve people were arrested during the .Read more on , and track the city’s .Know about breaking news as it happens. We follow the stories and update you as they develop.The 15-year-old was walking alone about 10:30 p.m. when he came across two groups of males who were arguing in the 1100 block of South Michigan Avenue, Chicago police said.About 10:40 p.m., the driver of a Pontiac Trans Sport minivan was turning south onto Kedzie Avenue from a gas station when the northbound motorcycle struck his van, Chicago police said.Officers responding to a call of shots fired found the man, who is thought to be in his 40s, unresponsive about 10:10 p.m. in the 3400 block of West 25th Street, Chicago police said.The supermodel and ‘America’s Next Top Model’ co-creator also will become the ABC show’s executive producer.He was struck in the leg and foot, and he was hospitalized in fair condition, police said.

Filed under:Clifton Coleman was the alleged ringleader of an organization that distributed heroin at two intersections in Chicago’s Austin neighborhood, according to prosecutors.Thirteen new arrests have been made in the second phase of “Operation Dirty Ice,” a drug trafficking investigation on Chicago’s West Side.Clifton “Big Homie” Coleman, 45, allegedly led a trafficking organization operating out of Austin, according to the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Northern District of Illinois. Coleman, of Westchester, was charged with conspiracy to possess a controlled substance with the intent...

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