How Did Al Capone Capture

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The Capture of one of the Greatest Criminals

Put in jail in 1931 and released after 6 1/2 years, this was Al Capone's fate. Al Capone is one of the worlds' most famous gangsters. At a young age he started to show violent tendencies and was anti social. He then moved into severe criminal history. He started to avoid the police until one day
The police capturing Al Capone someone found him. Al Capone was arrested on October 6, 1931. Capone avoided prosecution until one agent created a plan which resulted into his arrest. This effected criminals, police, and the people. It changed the people of New York and Chicago because now they wouldn't have to worry about a criminal out on the streets. His work today still inspires criminals and the capture
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The victims finally got justice and the police accomplished something they thought they could never do. This moment triggered the end of the gang he was in called Torrio's James Street Boys. We are still talking about this historical event because it was such a clever way to put him in jail. We will always remember the capture of one of the greatest gangsters in history.

Works Cited
How the Law Finally Caught Al Capone. (2005, March 28). Retrieved March 01, 2017, from

https://archives.fbi.gov/archives/news/stories/2005/march/capone_032805

Al Capone. (n.d.). Retrieved March 02, 2017, from

http://www.bigstarlakehistory.com/capone.htm

Al Capone. (2016, March 03). Retrieved March 02, 2017, from

http://www.biography.com/people/al-capone-9237536#prison-and-death

The man who brought down Capone By JOHN MATUSZAK - Assistant Local News Editor The Herald-Palladium | 15 comments. (n.d.). The man who brought down Capone. Retrieved March 02, 2017, from

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