Joseph Lombardo (Mafioso)

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Joseph "Jo (ey) the Clown" Lombardo Sr (born January 1, 1929 - October 19, 2019 ) was a high-ranking mobster of the Chicago outfit . He was considered the consigliere of the organization; some even saw him as the head or assumed a leadership trio with John DiFronzo and Joseph Andriacchi .

Life

Lombardo became a member of the American Cosa Nostra in New York City during the 1950s . In 1963 he was arrested for kidnapping but acquitted.

In 1974, charges followed on suspicion of misappropriating $ 1.4 million from the Central States Pension Fund of the Transport Workers' Union ( Teamsters ). However, the witness Daniel Seifert was murdered two days before his subpoena date and the charges were dropped.

Later brought informant government Alva Johnson Rodgers Lombardo next to the death of Seifert with the murders of Robert Harder , Sam Annerino , Raymond Ryan and Allen Dorfman in conjunction. He is said to have been personally involved in the murder of the dishonorable dismissed police officer and informant Richard Cain . However, Lombardo was able to evade all criminal prosecutions.

1982 Lombardo accused $ 800,000 from construction entrepreneur Robert Kendler blackmailed and have tried the Senator from Nevada Howard W. Cannon bribe.

Condemnation

In 1986, Joseph Lombardo was convicted, along with Joseph Aiuppa , Jackie Cerone , Angelo LaPietra , Milton J. Rockman and Carl DeLuna, for levying two million US dollars from casinos in Las Vegas .

On April 27, 2005, Lombardo was arrested and charged with complicity in 18 murders. The trial with prosecutor Patrick Fitzgerald and judge James Zagel was the result of the FBI operation “Family Secrets”, which led to arrests in 2005.

James Marcello , Frank Schweihs , Frank Calabrese, Anthony Doyle, a former police officer, and Paul Schiro were on trial with Lombardo .

Lombardo was convicted of organized crime, extortion , usury of credit and murder on September 10, 2007, and was found guilty of the murder of Daniel Seifert on September 10 in the same jury.

As of October 2007, Lombardo sat in the Metropolitan Correctional Center in Chicago, where he was still waiting for the sentence to be pronounced. In February 2009, Judge Zagel issued a life sentence.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Joey 'the Clown' Lombardo, infamous Chicago mobster, dead at 90, reports say. In: FOX News. Retrieved October 28, 2019 .
  2. ↑ www.time.com “Blood Threat”, February 3, 1986
  3. ↑ The Chicago Syndicate: Saluting the Best Mafiosa Court Room Antics ( Memento from July 14, 2012 in the web archive archive.today ) (English)
  4. ↑ "Murders in Chicago: Aged Mafiosi in Court" by Katja Gelinsky in Washington on faz.net from June 21, 2007
  5. ↑ MSNBC.com - Attorney: Reputed mobster 'Joey the Clown' gives surrender terms Associated Press (English)
  6. ↑ "Mobster sentenced to 'life'" ( Memento from November 20, 2010 in the Internet Archive ) on www.chicagobreakingnews.com (English)
predecessor Office successor
James Marcello Head of Chicago Outfit
since 2007
together with:
John DiFronzo († 2018)
Joseph Andriacchi 		-.-
personal data
SURNAME Lombardo, Joseph
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Jo the clown; Joey the clown
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Italian-American mobster
DATE OF BIRTH January 1, 1929
DATE OF DEATH 19th October 2019