Drug Charges Against City Workers in Chicago
Eight people, including two employees of Chicago’s scandal-ridden water department, were arrested on heroin-trafficking charges.
There are already bribery and other corruption charges against other department employees.
George A. Prado, 47, a water department hoisting engineer, was charged as the mastermind of the drug ring. His brother-in-law, Anthony C. Ritacco, 45, and water department worker Michael D. Hart, 39, were charged with being members of the ring. Ritacco is a cement mixer for the city transportation department.
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