Ex-officer wants to help question dirty bomb suspect Former city cop arrested alleged terrorist in 1985

Former Chicago police Officer Joe Sparks wants to take a crack ataccused enemy combatant Jose Padilla.

Sparks arrested Padilla in 1985 after the teenage Maniac LatinDisciples gang member was caught with accomplice Andre Boulrece in arobbery and killing in the Humboldt Park neighborhood.

Padilla knocked out Miguel Galvino with a baseball bat andBoulrece stole $107 in cash, a Seiko watch and Mexican pesos fromhim.

Galvino's cousin Elio Evangelista chased the attackers andBoulrece stabbed him in the chest with a 5-inch knife, "slicing himright open," Sparks said.

Then Padilla kicked the dying 23-year-old in the head for fun,police records show. Sparks and …