Authentic Police Cases #29

A farm boy named Joe Bender idolizes the ruthless criminal Nicky Cain so much that he abandons his rural life for Chicago, hoping to become a big-time hood himself—but his obsession with an easy score and a dangerous woman sets him on a collision course with the very man he admired. As Joe climbs the ranks of the underworld, his ambitions and violent impulses spiral, pulling him deeper into a web of betrayal and murder that eventually catches the attention of every cop in the city. "Killer from Hicksville" follows one man's descent from small-town nobody to hunted fugitive, a cautionary tale of how crime's allure can destroy those who chase it.

Frederick Tenuto's descent from a troubled Philadelphia youth into one of the FBI's most wanted criminals unfolds in "Foremost Fugitive," a stark crime chronicle that traces his escalating violence through truancy, theft, and assault—culminating in a brutal tavern murder that earned him a twenty-year sentence. When even prison walls can't hold him, Tenuto's desperation and ruthlessness put him among the most dangerous men law enforcement is hunting.

When a series of thefts plague the Lanier Appliance Company, police plant undercover detective Bart Claine as a night watchman to infiltrate the criminal operation—but his cover is compromised when a rival criminal recognizes him during a tense confrontation at the gang's headquarters. Claine must think fast and fight hard to survive the night and bring down crime boss Vic Remo and his crew before they silence him for good.

Thomas Guzik earned the nickname "Hard-Luck Lefty" early in his criminal career, and no matter what scheme he attempts—from loaded dice games to carefully planned payroll heists—he keeps getting caught or double-crossed. After years cycling through reform school and prison, Lefty decides to meticulously plan one last big score, convinced that careful preparation will finally break his streak of misfortune. But when the job goes sideways and his accomplices abandon him, Lefty discovers that luck—good and bad—operates in ways he never expected.

When Walt Delong's gang hits an armored car outside a small Jersey coast town, they figure the local police—mostly seasonal fishermen—won't stand a chance. The crooks make their escape by boat into the fog, confident the murky sea will shield them, but Chief Wilkins has an ace up his sleeve: a fishing fleet equipped with radios and ears sharp enough to track an engine's roar through the darkness. What starts as a chase becomes a battle of wits on the water, where brains and local knowledge prove deadlier than speed.

Two hardened ex-cons, Blinky Korge and Eddie Ludlow, strongarm their old penitentiary acquaintance—now a respectable businessman—into providing an alibi for a bank robbery they're planning. When their scheme spirals into violence and chaos on the streets, they discover that their insurance policy has become their greatest liability in "When Ex-Cons Meet!" from Authentic Police Cases.