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6063 Page 5 esiTiiTaiuoJ JSsrtr The Sr.tT5uis Times bScerfiberil'IS Drug War "Lorenzo is one mean dude, and just about everybody is scared to death of him. Maybe, just maybe, with him being locked up, things will cool down." Detective Pete Gober Dennis Haymon Joe Petty Lorenzo Petty Samuel Petty shooting in the 3700 block of Maffitt Avenue. Anthony Henderson, a lieutenant for the Pettys and a suspect for other slayings, was a suspect again but warrants were refused. Police believe Washington was responsible for the shooting in the theater. Nov.

16. Lorenzo and Valentine were arrested. Also, authorities with search warrants recovered about three ounces of heroin, several weapons, eight sticks of dynamite, walkie-talkies and a bullet-proof vest in raids on the homes of Lorenzo and Valentine and a house in the 4600 block of Pope Avenue. Oct 2. Joe Petty escaped from a second assassination attempt when he was shot in the hip from ambush while getting out of his car in the 5300 block of Grant Avenue.

Joe refused to tell police the names of his attackers, saying he would handle it himself. Authorities learned through an informant that the four who fired at Joe included Haymon and Griffin. Oct. 8. Kenneth Vaughn, who was wounded May 25 while driving on 1-70, was shot again.

Vaughn and three innocent bystanders were wounded when shots were fired into a crowd of people leaving the Stadium 2 Cine downtown. Authorities later learned that Larry Washington, a dealer for Haymon, saw Vaughn in the theater and decided to shoot was killed Oct. 14). Oct. 10.

One of Haymon's lieutenants, Keith Cain, 26, of the 1700 block of Carver Lane, was charged with first degree murder and assault for the slaying of a man and wounding of two other men outside an auto repair shop. Authorities, however, do not believe the shouting was related to the drug war. They think that the dead man, Sullivan Simmons, 26, owed Cain money. Oct. 14.

Larry (Baby Gangster) Washington, 19, was killed and another of Haymon's dealers was wounded in a Slain Man Linked To Cocaine Operation drug war between the Pettys and another Bryant received a suspended sentence and three years probation in January 1963 on a federal mail fraud conviction. Authorities also said he was a suspect in the August, 1973 slaying of a business partner, William Foggey, 33, who was the president of the St. Louis Black Retail Clothing Association. Foggey was killed from a shotgun blast in the back in the 4200 block of Olive Street. Bryant was never charged in the slaying.

alleged drug faction. Two pistols were found under a bush near Bryant's car. Homicide detectives said ballistics tests show they were the murder weapons, meaning two men shot Bryant. Detectives said they believe Bryant also was robbed because only 87 cents was found on his body. Shortly before he was killed, Bryant had gone to one of his clothing stores to secure it after a window was broken, police said.

capital murder for the fatal shooting of Jerome Brown, 27, of the 1900 block of Burd Avenue. Brown was shot in the head, chest and arm-while he and another man were stopped in a car at North Taylor Avenue and Delmar Boulevard June 19. Brown died June 22. Authorities believe the shooting was not related to the drug war. They think Brown simply owed Haymon money.

July 4. Six persons were shot one of them fatally when snipers opened fire from a nearby rooftop into a crowd of people outside J.C.'s Get Up Lounge at Lindell Boulevard and Whittier Street. The woman who was killed, Sandra Porter, 21, of Pagedale, and all of the wounded were innocent bystanders, police said. The snipers apparently were trying to assassinate Haymon and some of his associates who were in the crowd. All three Pettys and another man were arrested and booked suspected of murder and assault with intent to kill and warrants were taken under advisement.

-July 20. Haymon, out on $75,000" bond and awaiting trial for the slaying of Jerome Brown, was caught by police attempting to assassinate Joe Petty, Valentine and another man, who were seated in a car outside the Confectionary. A police officer who was writing a parking ticket nearby said he saw Haymon drive up and fire several shots into the car. No one was injured and Haymon was arrested after a short chase. July 21.

Haymon, charged with four counts of assault with intent to kill for the shooting the day before, was released on $15,000 bond. Circuit Attorney George Peach was critical of the amount of the bond, which was set by Magistrate Virgil H. Lucas who told a reporter he wanted to avoid filling the jail. Aug. 20.

Kevin (KK) Bailey, 25, one of Haymon's dealers, was shot to death at a service station at Jefferson and Howard Avenues. Authorities suspected Anthony Henderson, one of the Pettys' lieutenants, for the killing, but warrants were refused for lack of evidence. They also believe that Bailey was killed because he refused to set up Haymon for the Pettys. 18-Year-Old Gets Life Sentence by Bill Bryan A 43-year-old St. Louis businessman shot several times in the head was believed to be the largest importer of cocaine in the St.

Louis area, law enforcement authorities said. The body of Emanuel Bryant, of the 600 block of Cross Creek Drive, Creve Coeur, was found slumped in the front seat of his 1978 Cadillac Fleetwood early Wednesday morning near the intersection of Norwood and Maffitt avenues. He had been shot five times in the head at point-blank range. Homicide detectives are calling the execution-style slaying drug related, but say they have no definite motive. Bryant was the owner of the Esquire Men's Clothing shops at 1340 North Kings-highway Boulevard, and 4300 Natural Bridge Road.

Law enforcement authorities say they suspect he was the big money behind cocaine being brought into St Louis. About a year and a half ago, Bryant put a $100,000 cash bond for William D. Finley. a man who was arrested and later convicted in federal court for the sale and distribution of cocaine, authorities said. Bryant also was a close associate of the Petty brothers (Lorenzo, Joseph and Samuel), who authorities say control much of the heroin trade in St.

Louis. Authorities doubt whether Bryant's slaying was related, however, to a current, on-going jury's recommendation of the maximum penalty of life imprisonment. A prosecution witness in the case against Hughes, William (Willie) Harden, 17, of the 4400 block of Matthews Avenue, Northwoods, has pleaded guilty to second degree murder in connection with the killings. He is awaiting sentencing. A third man, Jerome "Jumpy" Downs, 21, of the 3700 block of Avondale Avenue, Northwoods, was indicted by a St.

Louis County grand jury in November. He is being held in the county jail. An 18-year-old Northwoods man was sentenced to life in prison Friday in connection with the slaying of three members of a Pine Lawn family. Angelo Hughes, of the 4700 block of Begg Boulevard, had been found guilty of first degree murder in September. He was convicted of shooting Shirley Green, 38, who with her husband, Oscar, 40, and daughter, Arlene, 18, were killed during a robbery at the family's food store Jan.

27. St. Louis County Circuit Judge James Ruddy sentenced Hughes, accepting the Cars 'Turtled' Over Weekend Five North St. Louis county residents discovered their cars had been "turtled" flipped over on their roofs during the night Saturday. The cars, all compact size, belong to persons living in the Wedgewood Green subdivision area, off New Halls Ferry Road near Shackleford Road and Lindbergh Boulevard.

Several had extensive damage to roofs and windshields, police said. If you can't take another niaht like this Take a looR at your problem Is someone you love drinking more heavily than usual and having trouble on the job? Are you fighting more and more, worrying about finances or avoiding family and rrienas because ot drinking? If so, someone in your family may be an alcoholic. 9(k But that's not a death sentence These facts should give your family hope. II ui vt I Xft'. i II I 1V1 1 ALCOHOLISM IS A DISEASE.

Recent research shows that alcoholics may have a biological predisposition to alcohol addiction. 2. YOU DID NOT CAUSE THE ALCOHOLISM AND YOU CANT CURE IT. You couldn't cause or cure cancer, could you? 3. ALCOHOLISM IS TREATABLE.

There are 1 million recovering alcoholics in America who have returned to happy, productive, sober lives. If you or someone you love has a drinking problem, call the Christian Hospital Alcohol Rehabilitation Center Hotline, 839-1250, for immediate help or information. There is a way to a sober, better life. Christian Hospital Alcohol Rehabilitation Center 1225 Graham Road Florissant, Missouri 63031 (314) 839-1250.