The Chicago Syndicate: Samuel Volpendesto
Showing posts with label Samuel Volpendesto. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Samuel Volpendesto. Show all posts
Thursday, November 17, 2016

Flashback: Prison Release of Betty Loren-Maltese Awakens Organized Crime Mystique of Cicero

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Prohibition was the law of the land when Al Capone took over Cicero in 1924, muscling his way in with gun-toting hoodlums on Election Day. ...
Thursday, December 23, 2010

Michael "The Large Guy" Sarno Found Guilty of Racketeering Conspiracy

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Reputed Cicero mob boss Michael “The Large Guy” Sarno took a big fall Wednesday after he was convicted in federal court of a racketeering c...
Friday, December 03, 2010

Defense Cross-Examination of Key Witness at Sarno Trial

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Defense lawyers began cross-examining a key government witness in the federal racketeering case against Chicago Outfit boss Michael "Th...
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Wednesday, November 10, 2010

Large Guy Trial Starts

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An unusual organized crime case began Wednesday in Chicago federal court. Prosecutors say there was an alliance between the Outfit and the O...
Tuesday, November 09, 2010

Peeking Inside Chicago's Modern Day Mob

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The trial of a reputed mob boss known for his wide girth and alleged penchant for violence will offer a peek into the inner workings of Chic...
Monday, July 27, 2009

85 Year Old Denied Release from Custody in Reputed Mob Pipe Bombing Case

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A federal judge today refused to release from custody an elderly Oak Brook man charged with the Outfit-related pipe-bombing of a video gambl...
Sunday, June 07, 2009

Not Guilty Pleas in Chicago Mob, Motorcycle Club Racketeering Case

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Two men have pleaded not guilty to federal racketeering charges linked to organized crime in Chicago. Forty-one-year-old Mark Polchan and 85...
Monday, June 01, 2009

Top Outfit Member and Current Cicero Police Officer Face Racketeering Indictment

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Racketeering indictments have been handed up against a top Outfit member and a current Cicero police officer on charges that include armed r...
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Saturday, May 30, 2009

Racketeering Indictment Nabs Reputed Mob Boss and Police Officer

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A reputed mob boss, a police officer and five other men were charged Thursday in a sweeping racketeering indictment that alleges eight years...
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Thursday, October 30, 2008

Attorneys Disqualified from Organized Crime Bombing Case

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A federal judge disqualified two lawyers Tuesday from representing a pair of defendants charged in a mob-related case with blowing up a coin...
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Wednesday, September 03, 2008

Kyle Knight, Explosives Supplier of Mob Pipe Bombings, Pleads Guilty

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The man who supplied explosives in a mob- ordered pipe bombing of a Berwyn business pleaded guilty today and has agreed to testify against o...
Thursday, August 07, 2008

Details Emerge of the Chicago Outfit Connection to the Outlaws Motorcyle Club

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Just as the mob reflects only a sliver of Italian America, federal authorities say hardened criminals make up only a small portion of the Ou...
Tuesday, August 05, 2008

Feds Claim Outlaw Biker Ordered by Chicago Outfit to Blow Up Video Gambling Operation

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The Chicago Outfit ordered an Outlaw biker to blow up a Berwyn gambling operation because it competed with the mob’s own $13 million video g...
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Thursday, July 31, 2008

Are the Chicago Outfit and the Outlaws Motorcycle Club Connected to a Pipe Bombing?

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The west suburban home of a reputed mobster was among the locations raided by federal agents investigating a 2003 pipe-bombing outside a Ber...