James Marcello

James J. "Little Jimmy" Marcello (* 1941 ) is an Italian-American mobster and was seen by the FBI as the boss of the Chicago outfit . According to another assessment, he should only have been the "front boss" for the leadership trio John "No Nose" DiFronzo , Joseph "Joey the Clown" Lombardo and Joseph "Joe the Builder" Andriacchi .

Life

Marcello was born in Chicago. His mother was Irish and his father was Italian . He worked for the Chicago Department of Streets and Sanitation between 1960 and 1973 .

According to former Mafiosi, Marcello was accepted as a full member of the American Mafia in 1983. The fact that he was not of purely Italian descent is said to have been unknown to the Mafia at first, as this had been a condition of admission for a long time.

Marcello became the chauffeur and bodyguard of Sam "Wings" Carlisi , the former boss of the outfit. Marcello's activities for the outfit did not go unnoticed by the judiciary. On December 15, 1992, he was on trial with his boss Carlisi . In the trial, the prosecutors assumed that Marcello was the deputy of Carlisi , whose "street crew" (street crew) operated in the western suburbs of Chicago, of which five members (including Anthony Zizzo , Anthony Chiaramonti , Gill Valerio ) with theirs Bosses stood in court. On December 16, 1993, all of the accused were convicted under the indictment; the sentence was set on April 5, 1995 at 12.5 years.

“If my name wasn't James Marcello, I wouldn't be standing in front of you. That's all I have to say. "

“If my name wasn't James Marcello, I wouldn't be standing in front of you. That's all I have to say. "

- James Marcello to Judge Paul Plunkett

Between February 14 and May 15, 2000 Marcello and Anthony Zizzo had to face another lawsuit based on the RICO Act . The charges were conspiracy , illegal gambling and murder . Marcello turned 12; Zizzo sentenced to 10 years in prison.

Marcello was released from prison in Milan in November 2003 , returned to Lombard and apparently resumed his work for the mob. The search pressure from the FBI was maintained. A new trial with prosecutor Patrick Fitzgerald and judge James Zagel was the result of the FBI's operation Family Secrets , which led to arrests in 2005. Frank Schweihs , Joseph Lombardo (78), Frank Calabrese (70), Anthony Doyle , a former police officer, and Paul Schiro were on trial with James Marcello . Whether the trial, which began on June 21, 2007, will lead to explanatory statements by the defendants is e.g. Currently not to be assessed.

On September 10, 2007 Marcello was convicted of various crimes and faces a prison sentence of 15 years.

Spilotro murder case

Marcello is believed to be involved in the brutal murder of Michael and Anthony Spilotro , whose murder was portrayed in the film Casino . Both were brutally beaten up in reality and in the film, and they were apparently buried alive in a corn field.

On September 27, 2007, Marcello was convicted of this murder, but acquitted of the charge of another murder of Nicholas D'Andrea . Until the sentencing was Marcello in the Metropolitan Correctional Center imprisoned in Chicago.

The sentence was originally supposed to be announced on December 11, 2008; that was then on February 5, 2009 by Judge James Zagel , who sentenced him to life imprisonment. Marcello was transferred to the maximum security prison near Atwater .

family

With Michael "Mickey" Marcello Marcello has a younger brother who was the boss of the outfit in Cicero . However, in April 2005 his brother was convicted of illegal activities with twelve other bullies .

Marcello is also related to other high-ranking bullies; he is the cousin of Robert Urbinatti , uncle of John Galioto and the brother-in-law of Salvatore Galioto . He met his partner Connie in the mid-1980s when Connie ran a bar, but they never married. She legally changed her name to Marcello . They have a son and a daughter together. When Connie was due to testify in court in 2005, Connie refused to testify.

Web links

• 14 Defendants Indicted for Alleged Organized Crime Activities PDF 163  KiB (English; 164 kB)
• Blood and Gore Highlight Opening Statements in Family Secrets Trial (English)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Steve Warmbir: Decimated by prosecutions, Chicago mob lean, but still mean - The new 'Outfit' . In: Chicago Sun-Times , Aug 18, 2002, p. 22. Retrieved February 5, 2009. 
2. ↑ Jeff Coen: Mobster sticks to his story - Defendant's brother ends stay on the stand . In: Chicago Tribune , July 24, 2007, p. 1. Retrieved February 5, 2009. 
3. ↑ TOP MOBSTER SENTENCED TO 12 1/2 YEARS IN PRISON Chicago Tribune (English)
4. ↑ United States of America, Respondent-appellee, v. James Marcello and Anthony Zizzo, Petitioners-Appellant on cases.justia.com/us-court-of-appeals (English)
5. ↑ abclocal.go.com: Jimmy “The Man” Marcello is out of prison ( Memento of the original from September 26, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The  archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (English)
6. ↑ The Chicago Syndicate: Saluting the Best Mafiosa Court Room Antics (English)
7. ↑ "Murders in Chicago: Aged Mafiosi in Court" by Katja Gelinsky in Washington on faz.net from June 21, 2007
8. ↑ findarticles.com: $ 5.12 million bail offer refused (English)
9. ↑ "Family Secrets Mob Trial Murder Charge Verdicts" at www.thechicagosyndicate.com (English)
10. ↑ Convicted Chicago mobsters want sentencing delay on www.examiner.com (English)
11. ↑ Ex mob boss sentenced to life in prison ( Memento of February 7, 2009 in the Internet Archive ) (English)
12. ↑ Former top mob boss Marcello gets life on www.chicagobreakingnews.com (English)
13. ↑ The Outfit on trial ( Memento of the original from September 25, 2008 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. on blogs.suntimes.com (English) 
14. ↑ Federal Bureau of Prisons at www.bop.gov (English)
15. ↑ DOUBLE-CROSS | She made him think she'd kept mum, but she talked to grand jury ( Memento of the original from January 21, 2009 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. by Steve Warbir on August 3, 2007 at www.suntimes.com (English) 

predecessor	Office	successor
John DiFronzo	Head of the Chicago Outfit of La Cosa Nostra 2003 - 2007	John DiFronzo Joseph Lombardo Joseph Andriacchi