David Lewisbey was a star football player at Thornton High School in Harvey, Illinois, south of Chicago. His nickname was "Big Man." He was reportedly well liked and doing very well with his business in the community.
On May 14, 2014, Federal District Judge Ronald A. Guzman sentenced him to 16 years, eight months, in Federal prison for gunrunning. Lewisbey's lawyer urged a light sentence. He pointed to the record showing Lewisbey never shot anyone, never even committed a violent act. Judge Guzman was having none of it:
When you provide the tools, you are setting in motion a series of events, and you can’t just play ostrich and stick your head in the sand and say, "That’s not my doing.”Horace Boothroyd III's recent diary underscores years of instances where law enforcement officers solemnly concluded - and the press solemnly reported - that "the shooter acted alone."
Below the orange tangle, the story of David Lewisbey's career.
