Robert Sobel person
also: Sobel, Sergeant Robert Sobel
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Robert Sobel headed
Majors documented
“The lion's share of that booty had been produced by Majors 2 crew, which was now under the command of Sergeant Robert Sobel. After Freeway Ricky Task Force disbanded in 87, Sobel was handpicked to lead Majors 2, and he had driven his squad …”
▶ The Colonels Corner Dark Alliance Part 21 @ 38:17
Robert Sobel ordered_assassination_of
Alan Finster documented
“Sobel and his men fired back with a search warrant for Finster's financial records, accusing him of money laundering and supporting cocaine trafficking. Finster's complaints were perfunctually investigated by the sheriff's internal affairs …”
▶ The Colonel Corner Dark Alliance Part 20 @ 43:36
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The Sheriff's Department assigned five narcotics detectives and the LAPD contributed four, all of whom were selected because of their talents and narcotics expertise. Because Major One had been sniffing around Ross since 1986, its superviso…
▶ 43:36
Sobel and his men fired back with a search warrant for Finster's financial records, accusing him of money laundering and supporting cocaine trafficking. Finster's complaints were perfunctually investigated by the sheriff's internal affairs …
▶ 38:17
The lion's share of that booty had been produced by Majors 2 crew, which was now under the command of Sergeant Robert Sobel. After Freeway Ricky Task Force disbanded in 87, Sobel was handpicked to lead Majors 2, and he had driven his squad …
▶ 38:47
Sobel had bragged to interdepartmental people. The majors zeroed in on an FBI courier so fast that they barely had the surveillance team in place when they arrived. The detectives quickly learned that the courier had reserved the rooms on e…
▶ 39:17
Worried that the deputies might bust into the other rooms and expose the sting, the FBI agents cautiously approached Sobel's crew and told them they'd done their jobs too well. They had stumbled onto a federal undercover operation and were …
▶ 40:16
Sobel and other deputies then entered the room and questioned the undercover FBI agent about the money. After the agent claimed no knowledge of where the cash came from, one of the deputies persuaded him to sign a form disclaiming ownership…
▶ 40:41
In a series of lightning raids that night, the authorities found some of the marked cash in the homes and cars of the deputies. Sheriff Block immediately suspended nine members of the squad. Within 48 hours, distraught and appearing heavily…
▶ 43:58
While the FBI had an incriminating videotape, marked cash, and tape recordings Sobel had secretly made of the deputies plotting their defense at a bar, all detectives had were this lame story of hitting jackpots in Las Vegas, which of cours…