The Chicago Syndicate: Joseph Lombardo
Showing posts with label Joseph Lombardo. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Joseph Lombardo. Show all posts
Tuesday, March 14, 2023

Nick Calabrese, Chicago Mob Hitman who Turned Government Witness has Died #FamilySecrets

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Nick Calabrese Former Chicago mob hitman Nicholas Calabrese has died, a source said Monday. A source confirmed to CBS 2's John Drummon...
Thursday, November 21, 2019

Defendants in the Operation Family Secrets Trial #TheyGotCaught

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Defendants in the " Operation Family Secrets " trial included Frank Calabrese Sr . (clockwise from left), Joey Lombardo , Anth...
Tuesday, October 22, 2019

Former Chicago Mob Boss Joey ‘The Clown’ Lombardo Dies in Federal Prison

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Former Chicago mob boss Joey "The Clown" Lombardo died Saturday at a maximum security prison in Colorado. Lombardo was serving ...
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Friday, January 11, 2019

THE OUTFIT'S GREATEST HITS

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The Chicago Outfit's Greatest Hits from 1920 to 2001. 1920: Big Jim Colosimo is slain in his popular Wabash Avenue restaurant, making...
Wednesday, June 13, 2018

Who is the Boss of the Chicago Outfit in 2018?

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Now that John "No Nose" DiFronzo is no longer running the Chicago Outfit, who will fill the void left by his death is an open que...
Wednesday, May 30, 2018

Reports that John "No Nose" DiFronzo, AKA Johnny Bananas, Chicago's Top Mobster has Died

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Days earlier a “message” had been sent by Chicago mobsters, federal agents believed, when a small bomb exploded outside the home of the daug...
Thursday, April 26, 2018

Chicago Brothers Discover their Father's Friends were #Mobsters. So, They Wrote a Book #MobAdjacent

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Childhood is, or should be, a time of innocence, and for a while that is the way it was for brothers Michael Jr. and Jeffrey Gentile. And th...
Wednesday, September 06, 2017

Examining the Crimes of the Calabrese Family #FamilySecrets

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Why are we so fascinated by the mob? Well, there's violence: garroting, shooting, stabbing; the thrill of men hunting men. Money: While ...
Friday, July 14, 2017

Family Secrets Mob Book by @JeffCoen is Indispensable to Know How Chicago Truly Works

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If you're interested in understanding the real Chicago—and there can be no serious understanding of this completely political city witho...
Friday, December 23, 2016

Reputed Chicago Outfit Solider, Chuckie Russell, Caught on Tape Planning Robbery

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A reputed Chicago Outfit soldier was arrested on gun charges this week after he was caught on undercover recordings bragging about plans to...
Thursday, July 09, 2015

Bringing Down the Mob: The War Against the American Mafia

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Longtime business associates Allen Dorfman and Irwin Weiner frequently lunched together. On a day in January 1983, they emerged from Dorfman...
Sunday, July 20, 2014

Reputed Chicago Mob Outfit Crew Charged with Posing as Police to Rob Drug Houses

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Members of a street crew with ties to Chicago’s Outfit that operated a sophisticated drug ring that posed as police officers to rob cartel s...
Friday, June 06, 2014

With Attorney Dead, Mob Boss Joey "The Clown" Lombardo Claims Bad Lawyering in Appeal

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Chicago mob boss Joey "The Clown" Lombardo is in federal prison because people died. Now he is blaming his conviction on his trial...
Friday, January 24, 2014

Despite Accusations of #ElderAbuse, Joey "The Clown" Lombardo to Remain in "The Hole"

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Imprisoned Chicago hit man and 84-year-old mob boss Joey Lombardo will remain in solitary confinement. In Wednesday's ruling, US Distr...
Tuesday, January 21, 2014

Should Joey #TheClown Lombardo be Released from Solitary Confinement?

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Imprisoned Chicago hit man and 84-year-old mob boss Joey Lombardo says he wants out of solitary confinement. His attorneys are accusing of t...
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Saturday, December 15, 2012

New Kings of Organized Crime Said to Support Al-Qaeda

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Although they are organized, the new mob in town doesn't look like the old one. The new faces of organized crime in Chicago, according...
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Wednesday, October 10, 2012

Mob Hit Site "Purple Hotel" to Get Extreme Makeover

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There are plans for a major makeover at the site of one of the most infamous mob hits in Chicago history. A development company recently pur...
Sunday, March 20, 2011

Museums Worse than the Mob?

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Frank Cullotta knows having his character assassinated isn't the worst thing that can happen to a guy with his pedigree. In his former...
Friday, March 18, 2011

Surviving Relatives of Mob Hits Feel Re-victimized by Mobster Books and Museums

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The public's fascination with traditional organized crime didn't end with the Godfather movies, Casino, Goodfellas or the Sopranos o...
Thursday, November 18, 2010

Reviewing the History Behind Famous Mob Nicknames

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A colorful nickname comes with the job when you are a reputed Chicago crime boss, often whether you like it or not. The trial of Michael &...