By Gangsters Inc. Editors
A leader of the Four Corner Hustlers street gang was convicted Monday by a federal jury in Chicago of participation in a criminal organization that terrorized Chicago's West Side for two decades by committing murder, robbery, extortion, witness tampering and drug trafficking.
The Four Corner Hustlers operated primarily in the Chicago neighborhoods of West Garfield Park and North Lawndale on the city's West Side, as well as the former LeClaire Courts public housing development on the city's Southwest Side.
According to evidence presented at trial, the gang sold drugs and robbed and extorted rival dealers, while using violence and intimidation to prevent victims and witnesses from cooperating with law enforcement. The gang engaged in numerous acts of violence, including multiple murders and armed robberies.
During the trial, the jury heard testimony from other members of the Four Corner Hustlers, eyewitnesses to numerous crimes, law enforcement officers who responded to crime scenes, and expert witnesses who analyzed forensic and other evidence.
Gang leader guilty of murder
After a six-week trial, the jury addressed Labar “Bro Man” Spann, 47, on the four counts against him, including racketeering conspiracy, two murders in aid of racketeering and extortion.
The jury found that Spann committed a total of four murders in a premeditated manner as part of the racketeering conspiracy, including the murders of Willie Woods on April 17, 2003; Rudy Rangel on June 4, 2003; George King on April 8, 2003; and Maximillion McDaniel on July 25, 2000.
Spann, of Chicago, faces a mandatory sentence of life in federal prison when he is sentenced on April 20, 2026. He was indicted in 2017 along with eight other members of the Four Corner Hustlers and two other defendants. All defendants have now been found guilty.
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