Chicago, IL – A federal jury in Chicago on Tuesday convicted a leader of the Four Corner Hustlers street gang for orchestrating years of violence that terrorized neighborhoods on the city’s West Side.
According to federal prosecutors, the jury found Labar Spann, 47, guilty on all four counts following a six-week trial in U.S. District Court. The convictions include racketeering conspiracy, two murders in aid of racketeering, and extortion.
Jurors determined that Spann participated in a criminal enterprise responsible for four premeditated murders as part of the racketeering conspiracy. The killings identified at trial were Willie Woods on April 17, 2003; George King on April 8, 2003; Rudy Rangel on June 4, 2003; and Maximillion McDaniel on July 25, 2000.
Federal officials said the Four Corner Hustlers operated primarily in West Garfield Park and North Lawndale, as well as the former LeClaire Courts public housing development on Chicago’s Southwest Side. Evidence presented showed the gang engaged in drug trafficking, armed robberies, and extortion, while using violence and intimidation to silence victims and witnesses.
The jury heard testimony from cooperating gang members, eyewitnesses, law enforcement officers, and forensic experts detailing how the organization enforced control over territory for more than two decades.
Spann now faces a mandatory sentence of life in federal prison. U.S. District Judge Thomas M. Durkin scheduled sentencing for April 20, 2026, Monday.
The verdict was announced by the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Northern District of Illinois alongside leadership from the FBI, ATF, and Chicago Police Department. Multiple federal, state, and local agencies assisted in the investigation.
Spann was originally indicted in 2017 along with other members of the gang. All defendants charged in the case have now been convicted.
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