Chicago broker missing since '79 found working in Las Vegas

[udbcrzy2]

Source: Chicago Tribune

A former Chicago commodities broker, missing for more than three decades and declared legally dead, has been discovered working as a bookie inLas Vegas, officials say.

Arthur Gerald Jones, 72, was arrested July 19, according to the Nevada Department of Motor Vehicles. The Nevada state attorney general's office has charged Jones with fraud, burglary, obtaining and using personal identifying information of another person, possession of personal identifying information to establish false status or identity, according to a criminal complaint.

Jones has been living under the name of Joseph Richard Sandelli and other aliases since the time of his disappearance in 1979, and has been working in a local sports book for the past 10 years, according to Nevada officials.

Jones was married with three children and held a seat on the Chicago Board of Trade before he was reported missing from Highland Park May 11, 1979. Authorities believed his disappearance was suspicious, and some believed he may have met with foul play because of gambling debts and "possible organized crime affiliations," Nevada authorities said.

Read more: http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/breaking/chi-chicago-broker-missing-since-79-found-working-in-las-vegas-20110722,0,465262.story

[derby378]

1. Oh, man...

This speaks volumes about the tenacity of some of those detectives who investigate missing persons.

[Kennah]

23. There also the many to one ratio of mistakes maxim

The cops can make many mistakes. The criminal can't make one mistake.

[BlueIris]

2. Bizarre. And I kind of like it. nt

[RobinA]

6. I Don't

Why not just leave the guy alone?

[BlueIris]

8. Clearly, I should have clarified. I like the bizarreness of it.

Thirty two years? Can't believe they found him.

[TheMadMonk]

19. Oh, I dunno. Perhaps because he ran from debts and responsibilies.

I wonder how you respond to more "normal" deadbeat dad stories.

[monmouth]

11. I'm seeing a potential USA series here..Many episodes..LOL..n/t

[CBGLuthier]

3. If I were him I would say Fuck You, I got away with it for 30 years.

Now put me in a comfy cell with health care and a color TV.

[Lifelong Protester]

5. Not only did this post make me giggle, your reply got a good

laugh out of me. Indeed!!

[Downwinder]

15. He is probable ready to retire.

[gateley]

4. How did he get caught? nt

[udbcrzy2]

7. Fingerprints

Using fingerprints, the investigator connected Jones to a larceny arrest in Boca Raton, Fla., in 1979, two arrests in Naples, Fla., in 1980 and another arrest in Palm Beach, Fla., that year. He was identified as Richard Lage in those arrests, according to the affidavit.

http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/breaking/chi-chicago-broker-missing-since-79-found-working-in-las-vegas-20110722,0,465262.story

[monmouth]

9. Palm Beach/Boca Raton..The White Collar Crime Utopia....n/t

[gateley]

18. You know, I read that and it just didn't click. That's scary. Thanks! nt

[Ian David]

10. Broker... bookie... same thing. n/t

[dflprincess]

12. Actually I was thinking it was nice he turned over a new leaf

and found a more honest profession. :evilgrin:

[Kennah]

22. And certainly a more productive member of society in contributing to the greater good

[OnlinePoker]

26. And broke the law while doing it.

Forged identity.

[valerief]

13. +1000

[damntexdem]

14. But why arrest him? He only changed careers ...

to a more decent line of work. ;-)

[udbcrzy2]

16. Larceny - go read the article - he continued being a criminal

[bluedigger]

17. Who flees the mob...in Vegas?

:shrug:

More likely, the mob hid him there, but why?

[dogfacedboy]

20. He did well for them back in the day, and they took care of him?.

[Kennah]

21. Long arm of the mob, not so very long

I've read a few articles over the years that give lie to the myth of the omniscient Godfather. Once you get out of NYC, or Chicago, it can hard for them to find you.

[No Elephants]

24. Like most things, the mob ain't what it used to be.

[Kennah]

27. Damned economy, downsizing, and outsourcing

[No Elephants]

25. His real last name is Jones? That's funny.

[slackmaster]

28. I like the way you think