Albert Tocco
Albert Caesar Tocco (born August 9, 1929 in Chicago , Illinois , † September 21, 2005 in Terre Haute , Indiana ) was an American mobster of the Chicago outfit .
Life
Albert Tocco had two sisters and a brother. At the age of six he already supported the family to help them through the Great Depression . His father was a decorated World War II soldier and ran a leading cement company in Chicago. In 1946 his father died of an old war wound and it was now up to Albert to find new ways to earn a living.
Both brothers joined the American La Cosa Nostra . Joseph Tocco ("Buddy", "Papa Joe") ended up in Phoenix , Arizona , where he represented the interests of the family. Albert Tocco became the boss in the Chicago Heights after the death of Frank LaPorte in the 1970s and controlled the south side of Chicago, to which his grandparents from Italy had already emigrated; some parts of the state of Indiana were added . With that he controlled most of the thugs in the outfit .
He was caught in Greece in 1988 and extradited to Chicago for trial. Numerous brutal murders were on his account, although he did not admit any murder in his life.
His wife Betty, who is separated from him, announced in a 1990 interview with the Chicago Sun-Times that she herself helped Tocco bury the Spilotro brothers - Michael and Anthony Spilotro - in a corn field near Enos, Indiana in 1986. The murder of the Spilotro brothers was used as a template for the Hollywood film " Casino ", which Martin Scorsese filmed in 1995 with Robert De Niro and Sharon Stone . Betty Tocco and her son were placed under the protection of the US witness protection program after the trial .
Tocco was sentenced to life imprisonment on January 5, 1989 for extortion , conspiracy , coercion and tax evasion . Tocco died of a heart attack from high blood pressure in the 16th year of his 200-year prison sentence in federal prison in Terre Haute . His brother Joseph Tocco is being held in an Arizona prison for extortion .
Tocco's successor in Chicago Heights was Dominick “Tootsie” Palermo .
Individual evidence
- ↑ THE ASSOCIATED PRESS: "Albert Tocco, 77, Chicago Mob Boss, Dies" of October 2, 2005 at www.nytimes.com (English)
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Tocco, Albert |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Tocco, Albert Caesar (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American mobster of the Chicago outfit |
| DATE OF BIRTH | August 9, 1929 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Chicago , Illinois |
| DATE OF DEATH | September 21, 2005 |
| Place of death | Terre Haute , Indiana |