Lawyer Sentenced for Smuggling Cuban Cigars
From Times Wire Reports
A lawyer was sentenced in Chicago to more than three years in federal prison for smuggling thousands of fine Cuban cigars into this country and selling them for a large profit.
Richard “Mick” Connors, 54, was also fined $60,000 and placed on three years’ probation.
U.S. District Judge Ronald A. Guzman ordered Connors taken into custody immediately. The judge said the former public defender is a threat to flee the country.
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