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...Washington 13 40 .245 28 2-8W1 7-19 6-21 8-24 Central W L Pct. GB L10Streak Home Away Conf. Indiana 34 20 .630 -- 8-2 W7 20-5 14-15 24-13 Cleveland 33 20 .623 .5 7-3W2 17-10 16-10 25-11 Charlotte 34 21 .618 .5 5-5L2 21-7 13-14 25-12 Atlanta 27 28 .491 7.5 7-3W3 15-14 12-14 18-19 Chicago 26 29 .473 8.5 4-6L2 15-11 11-18 15-15 Milwaukee...
Hostoun 86, Cleveland...
Denver was, in effect, a licensed franchise. Cleveland, Ohio, on the other hand, was a branch operation. In June 1992, Q allegedly entrusted the city to another suspected Crip from Los Angeles, Carl Lavar Lee, 27--called ``M.J.'' for his resemblance to Michael Jackson. For about the next 112 years, the FBI believes, Lee's Cleveland operation--and a direct subsidiary in Milwaukee, Wisconsin--handled as much as 10 kilos of Los Angeles cocaine a month. And then around February 1993, investigators believe Q sent representatives--Terry (``Kit'') Cooper and Derrick (``Book'') Slaughter--into the Pacific Northwest...
However, in April 1993, just as Q was getting started in Birmingham, the FBI launched the probe that led to the network's systematic dismantlement--its ``takedown,'' in the parlance of narcotics cops. First Denver was shut down, then Cleveland and last, in a surprise raid that had the suspects fleeing just minutes before the police arrived, Birmingham. The technique of ``letting it walk''--allowing drug shipments and couriers to proceed unhindered in order to keep suspected criminals ignorant of a wiretap--was used at every location. ``That strategy was the key,'' says lead investigator Steven Gomez. ``To the very...
...Second-in-command Doc Dennis surrendered to a swat team in Burbank, California, without incident. And when Q himself was summoned to visit his parole officer--he once served time on a previous drug offense--he found FBI agents waiting for him. Finally, after 15 months on the run, Cleveland's M.J. Lee was also captured early this month in Chino Hills, California...