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Lombardo began his Outfit career as a jewel thief and as a juice loan collector. [1] In 1963, Lombardo was arrested and charged with kidnapping and loan sharking, but was acquitted after a factory worker who had owed $2,000 and who was behind on his payments could not positively identify Lombardo. The acquittal was Lombardo's 11th in 11 arrests ...
Nicholas W. Calabrese (November 30, 1942 – March 13, 2023) was an American mob hitman, best known for being a made man who testified against the Chicago Outfit.His testimony and cooperation with federal prosecutors helped result in the 2007 murder convictions of mobsters Joseph Lombardo, James Marcello, and his own brother, Frank Calabrese Sr.
Although several other high-profile defendants, including Frank Calabrese, Sr., and Joseph Lombardo, took the highly unusual step of testifying in their own defense, Marcello opted not to take the stand to testify. On September 10, 2007, Marcello was convicted of racketeering conspiracy that involved decades of extortion, loan sharking and murder.
The investigation began on July 27, 1998 when Frank Calabrese Jr., wrote a letter to the FBI saying he wanted help to put his father in jail. The letter was sent without warning from the federal correctional facility in Milan, Michigan, where both Frank Jr. and Frank Sr. had been incarcerated since 1995, when four members of the Calabrese family had been sentenced for collecting "juice loans ...
In September 2007 Frank Calabrese Sr. and four other men—Marcello, Joseph Lombardo, Paul "The Indian" Schiro, and former Chicago police officer Anthony "Twan" Doyle—were convicted of mob-related crimes. [24] [25] On September 27, 2007, Marcello was found guilty by a federal jury in the murders of both Spilotro brothers.
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Joseph Aiuppa – boss (1971–1986) Joseph Ferriola – boss (1986–1989) Samuel Carlisi – boss (1989–1993) Joseph Lombardo – boss (1993–present) James Marcello – front boss (2003–2007) John DiFronzo – official boss (1996-2018) Salvatore DeLaurentis – acting boss (2014–2018) official boss (2018–present)
Joseph "Joey the Clown" Lombardo, (born 1929), serving life sentence in prison; Salvatore Lo Russo (born 1953), arrested and became a pentito; Giuseppe Lucchese (born 1959), serving life sentence in prison; Francesco Madonia (1924–2007), natural causes in prison; Francesco Mallardo (born 1951), imprisoned