there's been a culture of lawlessness out here for many years. ford heights is such a tight-knit community, they have that type of we're not telling anybody attitude here. >> he needs to be off the street and needs to be off the street now. >> from a manhunt in chicago's gang-ridden suburbs to a crystal meth lab in the gay community, cook county investigators are pursuing leads in two uniquely closed worlds. >> to be prevalent in the gay

community, meth. >> it's huge, you know, up north, in boys town. we haven't even peaked into it. >> you ever work with the police before or no? >> when you work in the jail, you come across tons of cases. and for about the last year, anybody in cook county that's been housed here for methamphetamines, there's been a 90% chance that i've interviewed them at one point or another.

>> but the meth was too strong for me. >> was it really? >> it was too strong for me. >> didn't like the high, huh? >> no. >> in the past decade chicago has witnessed the rise of a new and powerfully addictive drug, crystal methamphetamine. meth-related arrests cut a i cross race and class lines, landing suspected users and dealers from all parts of the cities and suburbs in cook county jail. it's here that they join thousands of other detainees being held for trial. most have been charged with crimes but not convicted. >> you guys got a lot of meth out by you? >> criminal intelligence unit investigator mike davis is looking for the right detainees to help him understand the city's meth trafficking network. >> a lot of people that use meth, i would honestly say places like this actually save some of them but a lot of them

don't even make it in here. you see the sores on their face, the rotted out teeth. i grew up in the crack era and this is different. this is a whole new ball game from crack. >> what's the difference? >> to me, it's more money. it's cheaper to make and people stay higher longer. >> it will last long. gang bangers won't let you sell meth because it takes away from the crack dealers. >> but there's one market where the meth trade is thriving with no signs of letting up, the gay community. >> with meth around, all my boys that are homosexual, they got quick access to meth. >> it's huge up north in boys town. we haven't even peaked into it. the community itself is a closed door. >> chicago's boys town neighborhood named for its gay friendly businesses and culture is located four miles north of downtown. it's also known for its bath

houses and all-night club scenes where many patrons go to score meth to enhance their sex drive. >> they buy it faster than you can come into the city. you just party and use it and you get a group of people and smoke and smoke and smoke. it releases the serotonin levels in your brain which gives you a very euphoric high. it's a very sexual high. >> davis and sheriff's police investigators are gaining a first-hand glimpse into a subculture that they know little about. this inmate, whom we're calling tango for his protection, comes from that world. >> he's got more meth busts than anybody i have ever come encounter with and he's looking for help on his case. he's going to be honest. he's got no choice but to be. >> if you've got a regular 9:00 to 5:00 job and somebody introduces you to it on a friday night, you do a little bit, it's so potent you

stay awake the entire weekend. and now you got to go work. >> don't you peak during that high? >> the whole thing is an entire peak. >> is it comparable to heroin? >> no. if you drink ten cupses of coffee and your head starts to -- >> the caffeine rush. >> it's a constant like that. the longest i've ever stayed up was 19 days. >> can you die? can't you die? >> 19 days. >> and this was continuous every day use over and over and over every day? >> yup. >> with his lengthy arrest record, tango faces up to 12 years in prison for drug possession and delivery charges if convicted. so he's hoping to strike a plea deal with the state's attorney by giving up his meth connections. it unchartered waters for investigators, who've never worked a case in boys town before. >> you notice he and i coordinated our shirts for this interview?

huge. we were planning all day for this interview. >> any of the bars up and down walk in and get served cyst to meth at any time? >> if you know somebody. >> you just got to know where to look, huh? >> yeah. if you walk into a boy up in boys town, if you ask somebody where can i find some street level -- >> is that the logo, trina? >> no, tina, female names. >> meth to me is not something i've actually never dealt with before so i was interested in what he had to say. we're not dealing with a gang member. that's what we're focused on. we never turn down intel, whether it's gang related or not. we don't know where this is going to go. >> 35 miles south of the boys town neighborhood is an entirely different world where police

answer shots fired calls on a weekly, sometimes daily basis. >> yeah, is everything all right? [ indiscernible ] >> there's shooting out there going on. you know they're looking for you guys. just stay in the house, okay? there's a call now, a man with a gun. he's looking for this girl. >> there was a turf war last night over who is going to sell drugs in a certain location in ford heights. we have one of the guys in custody right now. the other people that are looking to kill him now want to go after his girlfriend.

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the cook county sheriff's police inherited all law enforcement duties here after budget problems shut down the local police force. today they're searching for one particular gang member. he was last seen waving a gun at women and children on a neighborhood block. >> he was on a bicycle and pulled a gun. he got his crew with him. face to face. i seen him holding a gun. i told him to watch out. the kids are there playing ball. he pointed at them but then when i say something, he pointed at me and took off that way. >> wow. >> so happened i was sitting in the chair and the kids were shooting hoops. i was trying to keep them from getting shot and a little baby. i tripped over that brick. >> are you all right? >> yeah, my foot just swelling here, see? when i was trying to push my kids and my neighbor's kids. >> you did the right thing. he really can't run that far. the town is not that big. >> somebody's always hiding him.

>> jenna and smith know the alleged gunman well. he's had multiple run-ins with police over the years. we'll call him booth to maintain his anonymity. because he's affiliated with a gang, like so many other men in ford heights, most residents here won't turn him in. >> so many people out here are hiding him and won't nobody tell. >> yesterday he was shooting off that gun on diplomats, just popping it off random until it jammed. thankfully it jammed. >> i lost a child five years o. i ain't got no time for this, no guns. >> i'm going to be back around and we'll be around tonight, okay? >> there's the guy we're looking for. >> he ain't hanging out, i can tell you that. >> he's going to be hiding up somewhere. the craziest thing is all these people know each other. they all grew up together.

they've known each other for generations, and they still have these type of beefs with each other. it's just unreal. >> let me see ids on everybody else. >> together with their fellow officers, jenna and smith begin turning up the heat on the area. they're hoping to catch a fresh lead on their suspect. >> did my partner tell you what's going on? we're looking for [ bleep ]. spread the word, okay? we're going to be out here until we find him. so spread the word. thank you. >> persistence pays off in this job. you stay on that guy damn long enough and you're going to get him. we're going to get him. >> did you ever see the gay community getting away from meth? >> absolutely not. >> no way, huh? >> no, you're just going heavier

and heavier and heavier and heavier. >> what's the most you've ever seen? >> meth? it looked like a big block of ice, 18, 20 inches long and they were just chipping it away. >> investigator mike davis wants to infiltrate chicago's crystal meth traffic with the help of a cook county jail inmate. this confidential source, whom we're calling tango, is an admitted meth user and dler. he's giving up his connections in return for consideration from prosecutorses. boys town, a predominantly gay neighborhood on the north side also happens to be the city's leading hub of meth use. >> how many dealers would be say boys town has, off the top of your head? >> 50, 60.

>> how many people do you think you could identify, like if i were to give you pictures? >> a lot. >> what about this one? >> he's full-time dealer. he does bike messenger. >> who is this guy? >> really nice guy. does hair. he's a hair stylist. >> he's just pretty much supporting his own habit? >> yeah. >> this guy. >> he's a drag queen. he sells regularly. that's perfect. what about this gentleman? >> small time sales, prostitution. >> do you think he's a good looking guy? >> absolutely not. >> he's a cheap prostitute, huh? >> very cheap. >> there's your main guy. >> this guy's a main guy? this is a triangle. all three of these guys get it from him. right now he's the one wearing the crown. >> is that what you refer to it as? take your pick which one you want and we'll try to pick out a certain subject or certain two subjects, and we're going to go from there.

>> i'll tell you what, you want to find an infestation of triggers and rollers, you go to the bath houses. meth and sex are synonymous. so meth allows you to have sex with people you normally wouldn't have sex with because it just makes you really horny. >> so essentially you're sleeping with all your clients if you're a meth dealer. >> a lot of times. not me personally. >> no, no, i'm sure not you. >> for davis and the sheriff's police, the next step is to start making undercover buys from the top dealers in boys town. because tango's in jail, they'll need the help of his long-time boyfriend on the street to introduce them to the targets. tango's boyfriend is a meth user as well, but he's less experienced with the drug trade and is getting cold feet so tango twists his arm in a last ditch plea. >> listen, listen, they said

they can even send in an officer with you that you can introduce and then he can take it from there. the quicker that you do something for them, the quicker they can go to the state's attorney and start working. you see what i'm saying? >> his partner's a pretty innocent kid. we asked his partner what was your gateway drug to meth? he's like there really wasn't a gateway. the guy in jail introduced me to the stuff. >> can you try and set something like that up? can you? can you? okay. when? all right. love you. bye. so, i mean, he's game. i'm game. and i'm going to push him to do it. >> however, as police take the operation to the next level, they worry that tango's partner might be in over his head.

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. you can go in and get a gram. they'll front the money so whatever's easiest. >> with chicago's crystal meth traffic on the rise, investigator mike davis has recruited an informant from the city's number one hub of meth use, the gay community. >> you can't just do this. you have to coordinate this through davis because they have to give you the money and know exactly when you're going in and coming out. >> but as long as this informant, whom we're calling tango, is in jail, he needs his boyfriend on the outside to set up targets for police. >> yeah, we're on our way. all right. >> four days later tango's partner comes through. he arranges a buy with a major

dealer. now davis and investigator dinas hernandez are headed to boys town to brief him before the deal goes down. several undercover units will be joining them to conduct surveillance. >> you just got to go in there and do what he normally does when he does one of these purchases. there's nothing special he has to do. just be normal. >> he's really nervous. he does not feel comfortable at all and the on reason he's doing it is because he cares about his partner. >> we'll have plenty of guys on vehicles. >> see him? >> right there. >> that's him. >> looking high and low. >> walking up to you, right behind you, right shoulder. >> honk your horn. tell him to honk his horn.

>> he's so green. i'll meet you guys there. >> investigators move to another location where they'll hash out a plan with tango's boyfriend. we're calling him cash to protect his identity. cash has arranged to meet the target at a downtown hotel but is waiting for them to set a time. >> his prime target has not called him since lunch, but i know he's got multiple people he can do. it's just his preference is this one guy. >> let's jump in. >> is this something you've done in the past where you called him and then he doesn't get in touch with you until he's ready?

>> that's how they do it with everybody. >> it's going to have to happen today. do you want to try giving him a call or -- >> you a little nervous or what? >> i just want to reassure you, just do what you normally do. nothing out of the ordinary. >> absolutely not. >> is it going to voicemail? >> i'll text him. >> do you think he's at lunch, or what? >> the person he was having luth was his supplier so -- >> could he be reupped then? >> could be, yes. >> we give him the indication we need something to happen today. we're not going to spend this kind of manpower coming out here multiple times. >> trust me, nobody wants it to happen more than i do. >> i know. >> meanwhile, on the far south end of cook county, the clock is ticking for investigators there

as well. 35 miles from boys town, the sheriff's police are on the hunt for an armed gang member in ford heights. >> it looks like a ghost town. i'm going to head over to where jt is over there. >> investigators conrad edged and zach smith are among those searching for the suspect we're calling booth to maintain his anonymity. he's wanted in connection in at least alleged three incidents in which he either threatened people with a gun or fired shots in a public area. >> he has a warrant for his arrest right now. word's going to spread pretty quickly that he's a person of interest. if he's got at all, he's going to try to change up his behavior patterns. >> he has a tendency to lie low at times and then he springs when you least expect it. >> so now every arrestee in ford

heights, from traffic violators from drug offenders, is getting squeezed for information about booth. >> do you know who i'm talking about? do you know who i'm talking about? >> i know who you're talking about. >> you know what i'm referring to? >> i know who you're referring to. >> you could really help yourself out if i find him today. >> but the code of silence here runs deep. ford heights is a uniquely closed community held hostage by gangs and narcotics dealers. >> they have the parole status. gray has a suspended -- >> men like booth are just one symptom of deeper rooted problems that have plagued ford heights for generations. in a community of roughly 3,000 residents, half live below poverty level. job opportunities are few and far between, so the quickest fix for many here is to sell drugs.

>> my whole life, 27 years i've been here. it's over, man. ain't no jobs out here, nothing. it's slum, poverty. >> nobody deals drugs because they like it. they deal because they make money. >> i'm 26 years old, i got three kids. i'm enjoying myself every day out here, doing me, just doing me. every day. y'all have a beautiful day. >> a lot of families have come to depend on it. they may have a 14-year-old son and the mother's got two or three kids and this 14-year-old son is bringing home $500 a week selling drugs. that's the only income that she has. >> hey, jay, he's at the liquor store. he got braids and a red leather jacket. that's the guy that's run that spot. >> with drugs come gangs and three groups dominate in ford heights.

the gangster disciples, the vice lords, and the four corner hustlers. they compete for territory within a two-square-mile area that's divided in half by a highway. the recent closing of 100 public housing units in the southern half has forced many of those residents to relocate north, including gang members. among them, booth, a four corner hustler who is allegedly trying to move his drug sales into rival turf. >> in order to keep the profit up, they took a spot over here. these guys, they don't want to give that spot up. we had gunshots today and we had gunshots yesterday and it's going to continue. >> everything was somewhat fine when the people over here stayed over here and the people over there stayed over there.

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do you think you can get out of there within 30 minutes of showing up? with an excuse or reason or he doesn't freak out? >> i understand he's a friend or whatnot. you got to try to -- >> with the -- >> yeah, with the product. >> together with the cook county sheriff's police, investigators mike davis is coaching a first-time informant from chicago's boys town neighborhood. they've enlisted his help to set up a prominent crystal meth dealer in the gay community. the informant, whom we're calling cash, is working on behalf of his boyfriend in jail. >> this has to go, this has to happen for me, too, you know? >> cash isn't the only one learning on the fly today. investigators are just beginning to understand the drug subculture of boys town. it's here that crystal meth

addiction is on the rise. according to the chicago department of public health, 10% of local gay men have used meth, which is also linked to higher rates of unprotected sex and the spread of hiv. >> meth in general, you always hear it's coming to your city, it's coming to your city and when it does, it's going to take over. they say it ruins your whole life, it ruins a community. if you can say you're a part of trying to stop it when it's first becoming prevalent in chicago, that's why we're here, that's what we do for a living. >> but as davis discovers, meth as any other target in the drug game. >> he'll be back at 8 p.m. tonight. >> cash and his dealer had previously agreed to meet this afternoon, but now that plan will have to change.

>> all right, i'm going to get off at illinois. the team reconvenes later that night, while cash stays in contact with their target. an hour and a half passes until the target says he's still making deliveries to other customers. he won't make it back to his hotel so police call it quits. >> this is the game. >> the informant made an effort. he tried. but he has no control over what the target's going to do. >> for cash, it was his best chance to try to get his boyfriend out of jail and now it's gone. >> he's crying a little bit, he's really upset. this is the first time i've ever had a guy cry when it doesn't work out. it's usually me crying when it doesn't work out.

>> police decide to give him one more shot to set up another target in boys town but it's got to happen fast. >> round two. he'll probably be a little more seasoned and crafty in order to make something like this happen. because he has to be. he's got two days. >> while the team on the city's north side face as setback, another unit catches a possible break in the far south suburbs. >> liquor city, chicago road. >> they've nabbed a suspect on a minor drug offense who says he can help them find the alleged gunman we've been calling booth. booth's been in hiding in ford heights, and investigators conrad edged and zach smith are

eager to find him. >> we want to know where he's at so we can put him in handcuffs, okay? can you help us do that? >> till somebody else gets shot. >> but now that they return to the station, they sense their detainee has had a change of heart. >> listen to me, if you tell us where he's at, we'll go get him. you'll sit here. if it's all good, we'll let you go. >> we won't bring him back here. we'll bring him somewhere else. >> exactly. >> he ain't going to see you. >> don't think you're just going to tell us something and we're going to let you go. it don't work that way. >> we asked him on scene, where this person was. we said, okay. we're not going to interview out here on the street where everybody is watching and trying to listen. we'll bring him back to the station. once we got him here, he says to me, what was that guy's name again? >> edged and smith send their

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i have to make a quick call. all right? give me just a minute. >> meet us at 13th and lexington. 13th and lexington. >> all right, sarge, we're rolling. >> an all-out manhunt is unfolding in ford heights where a fugitive we've been calling ours ago. witnesses say he was aiming at a local man on a neighborhood block but hit the man's girlfriend instead. the bullet went through her leg and booth fled on foot. now 22 members of the sheriff's gang and fugitive warrant team are descending on the area to find their suspect. >> he did make comments that we're getting from people that

we talked to that he is not afraid to shoot at the police, he's not afraid to do what he needs to do to get away.if he d wants to go, we'll handle our business on our end. >> police are blanketing ford heights but they're not going in blind this time. they've enlisted paid street informants to chase down leads into booth's whereabouts. sergeant jason o'malley is helping to lead the search. >> we're working four different informants right now. all of them are decent information, it's just that we're getting it in bits and pieces. >> their latest tip, booth's still in the area, riding in a black mustang with another gang member. >> i have two different sources now say black mustang, no plate,

no nothing. >> o'malley's team hits the block where booth's friends and associates live. >> the only bad thing is forth heights is such a close-knit community, they have that we're not telling anybody type of attitude here. >> believe me, he is not here now. >> all right. we believe you. >> without our informants we shall would not have decent information. >> things begin moving quickly when another unit spots a black mustang parked a few blocks away. >> police! come to the door. police! come to the door.

>> the owner of the mustang emerges, the same man who was with booth earlier. >> we got [ bleep ]. he came out of the house. >> this is the story. you know why we're out here, right? >> yeah, i heard. >> who we looking for, man. >> we're going to try one more time, okay? let's start over. where's he at? >> last time i saw him -- >> last time you saw him he was in the back of your car but where's he at now? >> i dropped him off at the store. >> what store? >> at the store up the street. he's like, man, i need to get up out of here and i took him to the store. that's it. >> whose house is this? >> that's my home, that's my mama's house. ain't nobody in there. i'm over here visiting. >> and there's nobody in that house? >> just me. i'm waiting on her to come back, the owner. that's it. i don't know what the [ bleep ]'s going on or none of that. >> you don't know what's going on?

you don't live in ford heights? you know that we've been looking for [ bleep ] for a while. >> but i ain't got nothing to do with that, though. >> what you mean you got nothing to do with that? you riding around -- he's been riding in your car. >> i don't know that. >> police get consent to search. moving in, bracing for a fight. >> i don't know. >> don't be mad that i don't believe you. >> they clear the house within minutes. booth's not there. and his friend, now in custody, is feeling the heat. >> did he tell you what he did? no. he just said, man, i need to go to university park. >> but he didn't tell you what he was going there for? >> he didn't tell me. >> if what his friend's saying is true, then booth is headed ten miles south to a town outside of cook county. >> he's saying that he thinks

he's hiding somewhere in the u.p. do what you can. if you can find anything tonight. >> investigators reach out to their informants, and over the next hour they confirm that booth fled to university park. now it's a matter of pinpointing exactly where he's hiding. with help from the u.s. marshals, the team uses electron being surveillance to locate the fugitive. they narrow their search to a single location, an apartment complex, and get ready to make an arrest the following morning. >> 10-4, we have two cars rolling in right now. >> this is jenna, we got him in front of us. >> one of two things. either he gives up or he's going to be fighting us. if you think running a restaurant is hard, try running four. fortunately we've got ink.

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two guys are setting up surveillance in the apartment complex. anything that moves out of the apartment will be enforcement on the street. >> police are waging a manhunt for an armed fugitive we've been calling booth in chicago's south suburbs, 39 miles south of downtown. the cook county sheriff's gang investigators believe their suspect is hiding out at an apartment complex, but don't know which unit yet. they've set up camp a half mile away. while undercover officers are keeping an eye on the building. they've also got confidential sources trying to verify the apartment number. >> the information we're getting from informants is saying that he will shoot back. he doesn't care if it's the police or not. keep that in mind. not that that's going make sure everyone finds themselves cover.

all right? or if you can see him, take him out. >> until they're ready to go in, police are watching every car that leaves the complex to make sure the fugitive doesn't escape. and they've just spotted one vehicle whose driver could be booth. >> this is generjenna. we've got it in front of us. he says he's not going to go easy, if he has to shoot the police, he will. taking it down in sand dlpiper. let me see those hands. shut your car off, your left hand. everybody keep your hands up. hands up. >> but it's a false alarm. booth's not inside. >> what's wrong with you people, driving around with weed in your car? all right. we're going to break loose and head back and regroup. get this information. >> by the time he's done, investigator matt jenna and his

team hear from one of their informan informants. they get the apartment number they've been waiting for. now it's time to grab their suspect. >> it's going to be that building right there. >> jenna around nine other armed officers including several u.s. marshalls head up to the apartment. the resident there gives them permission to search. they find booth and another male inside. both surrender without incident. >> we all had that in our mind, knowing that this guy is willing to shoot police. your alertness is definitely

heightened. are we going to take him, is this going to be the time? everything is a little more stressful. that's for sure. >> authorities place both men under arrest. they'll charge booth with 15 total felonies, including aggravated discharge of a firearm and attempted murder. he could serve life in prison if convicted. >> it's nice when you get someone like this off the street because the violence is going to go down, even if it's just a little bit, it's better than nothing. it's not so much that you don't care about the other gang members who got shot or you i don't care about that, it's the kids. that's what -- i have three kids of my own at home and my concern is all them kids out playing and now it's summer vacation. that's what makes this one that much better. >> now that the manhunt is over, the sheriff's police turn their attention back to other cases. including the crystal meth traffic in boys town.

investigator mike davis is moving forward with the pair of informants we're calling tango and cash to set up that area's main meth dealers. one target's already fallen through, so davis and his street informant begin pursuing another. they've just completed their first successful buy. >> how do you think the transaction went? >> i think it was fine. >> were you all comfortable up there? >> my heart is racing talking about it right now. >> really? >> this informant whom we've named cash agrees to continue working with police in order to help his boyfriend bargain for probation or a reduced prison sentence. >> let's just say that the person i'm doing this for, i care a lot about. i wouldn't do this for myself. i feel like someone's outcome is completely on you. i mean, i've paid thousands and

thousands and thousands ofá dollars for phone calls. i've disagreed with different decisions that he's made, but i'm not going to try to control somebody. if i'm going to stay with them, i have to accept whatever outcome. >> we had an informant in there. we also were able to make a buyout of that location, and what we bought tested positive for crystal meth. >> cash scores another transaction for police several days later. it gives them the evidence they need to make their first boys town arrest. >> it's a very small apartment, from what our informant is telling us. entry, mike glees is going to be on the point followed by moose. >> did you ever think about you would be doing this? >> the crazy thing is, somehow you justify things you would

never do, things you don't really believe in, and i have crossed lines that i thought i would never cross to help him. >> police make a successful hit. they take their target into custody and recover the narcotics and paraphernalia they had hoped for, thanks to cash. >> the guy was great. he was probably one of the best informants i've ever worked with on the street. >> even so, there's no guarantee that cash's efforts will pay off for his boyfriend tango, who still has to convince the state's attorney that he'll go clean if he's given a second chance. >> you know, my thought is, is he going to get back out there and use again. if you look at true addicts that are really resourceful, they usually have set up safety nets and surround themselves with enablers. and it almost appeared as if that's what was going on. we got to see his boyfriend doing anything he can to help a guy that's probably been arrested five or six times. i think he's going to feel used.

there's no doubt. >> when it comes to drugs and crime, some patterns can seem almost impossible to break. by the end of another summer in ford heights, the sheriff's police has received more than 100 calls about gunfire. even though they've aggressively reduced crime by more than 33% since they took over policing here, they still face an uphill battle. >> there's been a culture of lawlessness out here for many years. the culture of violence that's got to change. and it's only going to change when we get cooperation from the residents. >> our hearts go out to the kids. you know, they didn't ask to be born into this mess. it's sad to say that some of them, their future they entail being out here selling the drugs. they don't