Mob Cop: My Life of Crime in the Chicago Police Department, by Fred Pascente, Sam Reaves
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Former Chicago police officer and Outfit associate Fred Pascente is the man who links Tony Spilotro, a central character in Nicholas Pileggi’s Casino and one of Chicago’s most notorious mob figures, to William Hanhardt, chief of detectives of the Chicago Police Department. Pascente and Spilotro grew up together on Chicago’s Near West Side, and as young toughs they were rousted and shaken down by Hanhardt. While Spilotro became one of the youngest made men in Chicago Outfit history, Pascente was drafted into the army and then joined the police department. Soon taken under Hanhardt’s wing, Pascente served as Hanhardt’s fixer and bagman on the department for more than a decade. At the same time, Pascente remained close to Spilotro, making frequent trips to Las Vegas to party with his old friend while helping to rob the casinos blind. As a policeman he led a double life, doing genuine police work under Hanhardt’s tutelage while at the same time keeping an eye out for opportunities for bribery and theft. His position on both sides of the law gave him unrivaled knowledge of the workings of Chicago’s deeply rooted culture of corruption. Mob Cop details the decline of traditional organized crime in the United States, and reveals information about the inner workings of the Outfit that has never been publicly released. Fred Pascente’s colorful stories of crooked cops and dangerous criminals make his memoir a matchless tell-all.
Mob Cop: My Life of Crime in the Chicago Police Department, by Fred Pascente, Sam Reaves- Amazon Sales Rank: #581120 in Books
- Brand: Pascente, Fred/ Reaves, Sam
- Published on: 2015-06-01
- Original language: English
- Number of items: 1
- Dimensions: 9.00" h x 1.10" w x 6.00" l, .0 pounds
- Binding: Hardcover
- 336 pages
Review "Worthwhile glimpse into the schizoid world of a corrupt cop.” —Kirkus Reviews“A tale from the underworld that’s rich in Outfit history and the characters that come with it. Pascente’s memories unspool like letters from a dark and fading Chicago.”—Jeff Coen, author of Family Secrets: The Case That Crippled the Chicago Mob“A detailed, gritty account of growing up around Grand Avenue and of life on both sides of the law, from someone who was a mob associate and a Chicago police officer—at the same time. Sam Reaves’s commentary that goes along with Fred Pascente’s story is excellent.”—John J. Binder, author of The Chicago Outfit "The book is chock full of the dark side of both the police department and the mob but it is surprisingly also full of strong friendship, family devotion, unswerving loyalty and at times had me laughing out loud at some of the ridiculous antics on both sides of the law." —Chicago History Cop“Pascente’s tale is fascinating.” —Library Journal“Fans of mobster stories will want to grab a copy of the foul-mouthed but fascinating memoir of Fred Pascente, the corrupt former Chicago cop who was tight with Tony Spilotro and a host of Las Vegas ne’er-do-wells. Written with novelist Sam Reaves, the book is titled “Mob Cop: My Life of Crime in the Chicago Police Department.” A friend and business partner of former Crazy Horse Too boss Rick Rizzolo, Pascente also was a member of Nevada’s casino Black Book. Pascente died in 2014, so I’m guessing the book tour is out.” —Las Vegas Review-Journal
About the Author Fred Pascente was a Chicago police officer for twenty-six years and professional thief with close ties to organized crime. He died in 2014. Sam Reaves is the author of ten novels and has served as president of the Midwest chapter of the Mystery Writers of America. He lives in Evanston, Illinois.
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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful. Life In Chicago By Andy in Washington “Chicago was a right town then. The fix was in. The dicks took their end without a beef”.-Henry Gandorff, “The Sting”“Mob Cop” is the story of Fred Pascente, a Chicago police officer and detective for two decades-and exactly the type of person Henry Gandorff was talking about. Pascente is, by most any definition of the term, a dishonest cop. This book, co-written with Sam Reeves, is Pascente’s story.=== The Good Stuff ===* Pascente is nothing if not honest with his readers. He freely admits to any number of scams, cons, shakedowns, robberies, and numerous other felonies, and there is a minimum of rationalization, justification or convoluted reasoning. Mostly he just admits to being a plain old crook, out to get his piece of the pie.* While I have no doubt that the publisher, and their lawyers, went over the manuscript very carefully, there are quite a number of names discussed, along with their misdeeds. It is hard not to get the impression that there were no honest Chicago cops at all.* The tale is told in simple language and is quite readable. (Almost. See below). Reeves did a nice job of keeping the feel and voice of Pascente throughout the work, and the language and idioms used give a real “street flavor” to the book.* While crooked cops usually do not keep copious notes to donate to their college libraries, the book does come across as reasonably well researched-or at least as anything having to do with Chicago criminals could be. It ties in well with other books I have read on the subject, and stands the test of “reasonableness”.* No matter what your personal opinions of Detective Pascente might be, you certainly end the book with a reasonable portrait of the man, his motivations, values and lifestyle.=== The Not-So-Good Stuff ===* Much of the book’s dialog is in the “Chicago Street Vernacular.” It is not always clear what is going on, as the language is, by design, obtuse and open to misinterpretation. I appreciate Reeves’ efforts in keeping the original flavor, but a little more translation would have helped.* In most “true crime” books I have read, the criminal at least generates some sympathy with the reader. In this case, it did not. More than anything, I wanted to reach through the pages and slap the guy.* There were a number of named characters, and between the fuzzy language and Pascente’s own non-calibrated moral compass, it was tough to separate the good guys from the bad guys. That said, I am not sure there were any good guys.=== Summary ===The book wasn’t quite as much fun as I expected, and was really somewhat sad and frightening. I always knew Chicago was not Walden Pond, but never suspected as bad as this book makes it seem. Hopefully reality is somewhere in the middle.Still, I would recommend it for true-crime fans, as well as anyone interested in how things really worked in the City of Chicago.=== Disclaimer ===I was able to read an advance copy through the courtesy of the publisher and Netgalley.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful. Slightly interesting book. By William S. I would recommend you buy this used at a discount or get free from the library. I wasn't impressed with his stories and the information in the book seemed basically what I have heard before from reading about the family secrets trial or the book when corruption was king. I feel bad for Fred being now deceased and loosing his pension. He deserved to loose it. There are some interesting bits of information about Bill Hanhardt.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful. If you were in Chicago in the 70's and early eighties the names in this book is like a who's who of the Chicago outfit By Robert G. This book is hard to put down.If you were in Chicago in the 70's and early eighties the names in this book is like a who's who of the Chicago outfit.The author certainly knew many hard line criminals.The fact that he was a police officer is pretty amazing because they moved in the same circles as the outfit.Drinking with and doing scores with the likes of Tony Spilotro and many others the author grew up with in the forties and fifties lends to many wild tales.He names the names and all the places that made Chicago the wild town it was.His rise and fall as a police officer is kind of sad but he certainly did a lot of things he should not have done.If you were not aware of a lot of these people it won't make much sense as to what he did.I think it is a great book.
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