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"The Strip" in Biloxi, Mississippi, was home base for the Dixie Mafia, and Mike Gillich, Jr., was the group's unofficial but de facto kingpin. Of Croatian descent and from a large, poor family, he had raised himself in the city's Point Cadet section to become a wealthy entrepreneur along "The Strip".
Mike Gillich ("Gillich"), the alleged "underworld boss" of Biloxi, Mississippi, aided Nix in his various schemes. Peter Halat, a Biloxi attorney, maintained a trust account for Nix. . . . In December 1986, Halat told Nix and Gillich that approximately $100,000 of Nix's money was missing from the office trust account.
Through his association with Mike Gillich, a leading Biloxi underworld figure, Halat became the attorney for Kirksey Nix, a Dixie Mafia criminal serving life in the Louisiana State Penitentiary for the 1971 murder of New Orleans grocer Frank J. Corso. Having exhausted his appeals, Nix's only path to freedom was a governor's pardon.
I have cleaned up sentence structure and some organization, but I see the name "Gillich" mentioned as the unofficial leader of the Dixie Mafia but there was no prior mention of him. Who is Gillich? —Preceding unsigned comment added by Byron Bell (talk • contribs) 02:56, 31 January 2008 (UTC)
Attorney Michael Dezsi argued in the new motion that Crumbley — who was sentenced this year to 10 to 15 years in prison — hasn't committed any crimes, isn't a danger to anyone and won't run away.
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Singer Michael Bolton is sharing a cozy photo celebrating Christmas nearly one year after announcing his successful emergency surgery to remove a brain tumor. The singer shared a photo on social ...
Michael Ilitch Sr. (July 20, 1929 – February 10, 2017), also known as Mr. I , was an American entrepreneur and restaurateur who served as the founder and owner of the international fast food franchise Little Caesars Pizza .