He Was a Chicago Cop for 29 Years, a Fugitive for 14

His FBI wanted poster now reads "Captured." 

Under occupation, it reads "former police officer." One-time Chicago police Sgt. Eddie C. Hicks was arrested in Detroit Tuesday morning after more than 14 years on the lam. Hicks didn't show up on the opening day of his June 2003 trial on federal drug conspiracy charges, which stemmed from allegations that Hicks ran a rip-off crew that would rob drug dealers of cash and drugs, the latter of which his crew would allegedly sell to other dealers. 

The Tribune dives into the allegations against Hicks, who NBC Chicago reports was a member of the force for 29 years, and who authorities claim received tips from a big-time cocaine dealer whose own bust in 2000 led the dealer to spill the details of the arrangement.

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