PHILADELPHIA, PA — There is a sweeping grand jury investigation into allegations of corruption in the Philadelphia police department and city government. FBI agents spread out across Philadelphia and southern New Jersey earlier this week executing search warrants and serving subpoenas. At least two ranking members of the Philadelphia police department and two city officials may be caught up in the investigation at this point, but the FBI has cast a wide net that could bring down others tied to these allegations of corruption. The FBI agents fanned out Tuesday delivering subpoenas and executing search warrants at local gentleman’s clubs and towing companies. They visited two strip clubs in Southwest Philadelphia looking for information on whether they did business with a South Philadelphia beer distributorship, Chappy’s Beer. The beer distributorship is owned in part by a high-ranking Philadelphia Licenses and Inspection department official and a disbarred attorney, Gregory Quigley. Quigley was convicted in the recent Delaware County nostra organized crime gambling investigation. Quigley also has ties to mob associate “Bent Finger” Lou Monticello. Monticello plead guilty to conspiracy charges in the state organized crime case with Quigley. FBI agents also seized records on inspections at the strip clubs by Licenses and Inspection, as well as parking violations and traffic citations. FBI agents also visited the police department on Tuesday seizing the laptop computers …
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