Crime History: 'Bugs' Moran arrested

Scott McCabe Examiner Staff Writer Follow Him @Scott_McCabe On this day, July 6, in 1946, FBI agents arrested Chicago gangster George "Bugs" Moran in Kentucky. During the Prohibition era, Moran was one of the biggest organized crime figures in America, and has been credited with popularizing the drive-by shooting. He was a rival to Al Capone, who gunned down seven members of Moran ...

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