One of Chicago’s most infamous gang leaders is among President Donald Trump’s most recent presidential commutations.

Mr. Hoover was accused of directing the Gangster Disciples even after he went to prison in the 1970s. The federal commutation ...

Former gang leader Larry Hoover, who attracted support from celebrity rappers, is one of several people who had sentences ...

Chicago Gangster Disciples founder Larry Hoover is being granted clemency by President Donald Trump. His wife and son spoke ...

Mr. Hoover, a drug kingpin who was convicted of leading a vast street gang from inside an Illinois prison, has also been ...

Michael Sumler, who spent a decade and a half working with the iconic group Kool & the Gang, died over the weekend at age 71.

President Donald Trump has commuted the sentence of former Chicago gang kingpin Larry Hoover. Hoover was convicted of operating a criminal enterprise in the late 1990s while imprisoned on a murder ...

CHICAGO (WLS) -- President Donald Trump has commuted the sentence of a notorious former Chicago gang leader. Gangster Disciples founder Larry Hoover was serving a life sentence at a prison in ...

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CHICAGO — Michael Sumler, who spent a decade and a half working with the iconic group Kool & the Gang, died over the weekend at age 71. According to reports, Sumler, known as “Chicago Mike ...

Notorious gang leader works behind bars Hoover was a founder of the Gangster Disciples more than 50 years ago, which remains one of Chicago’s most notorious street gangs.

Donation Options Search Search Search Chicagoan Michael Sumler worked with Kool & the Gang as a stylist and hype man. Provided Share Michael “Chicago Mike” Sumler, who grew up on the Side Side ...