num_pages: 217
description: A man in Pittsburgh, nicknamed “Shark,” turned from drug dealer to a confidential mercenary drug informant for the Attorney General’s drug task force of Pennsylvania. From a young boy of four or five years old, Shark had hung out with his grandfather and father learning the bar scenes and street life. While growing up, he witnessed them booking numbers, selling booze and acquiring cash. Later, Shark became involved with a circle of bad guys supplying cocaine to the entire city of Pittsburgh. He helped them supply the cocaine until his family pulled together an intervention. But, the intervention didn’t go quite normally, and a payment for Shark’s services was offered. He got paid for every cocaine buy whether he was present at the scene or not. Many attempted hits on Shark failed because of Shark’s brother-in-law, Big John, and Shark’s father, the Baker. Big John, 6’7” and an undefeated boxer, tore apart everybody who came after Shark, and the Baker used his police friends and the Larimer Avenue mob to divert Shark from the legal system.
language: English
title: Shark, the Baker's Son: Based on a true story of a mercenary drug informant
titlecomplete: Shark, the Baker's Son: Based on a true story of a mercenary drug informant
ratings_count: 3
publisher: PublishAmerica