Among the agents who investigated DiFronzo, according to the records, was Peter Wacks, who tracked him for years and signed off on some of the FBI paperwork that was released. Required fields are marked *. Though I do believe John Difronzo got Pete and him a pass from the Govt and maybe they knew that and maybe they didnt. Anthony "Ant" Spilotro and his brother Michael were murdered by Outfit hitmen according to federal investigators and buried in an Indiana cornfield. In December 1949, DiFronzo and an accomplice were looting the Fey-Manning dress shop at 304 N. Michigan Ave. in Chicago when they were surprised by police. John "No Nose" DiFronzo. This chart was color coded as a service to law enforcement personnel and LIUNA members by LABORERS for JUSTICE . Troopers, posing as high rollers, infiltrated one joint after another, quietly amassing evidence of illegal gambling and loan sharking. Like other law officers, Iwan is waiting for the mob to attempt to regain control of a dwindling rackets base in Lake County. Reputedly a top figure in the Chicago Outfit for decades, John DiFronzo, 89, died on Monday of complications from dementia in his River Grove home, according to his grandson John. He is also a living link to the past, a time dating from the 1920s when the Chain-O-Lakes area in particular and Lake County in general were popular playgrounds for people like the Tony Accardos of Chicago, according to law enforcement officials. It's one thing to be leading an organization when its growing and it's at its peak. Of particular interest, he said, is a non-liquor nightclub featuring nude female dancers. I'm going to file an FOIA request this week. "I think about (mob hitman) Nick Calabrese saying that DiFronzo was there when they killed the Spilotro brothers" recalled Lopez. A resulting crackdown in 1981 by the Illinois State Police, known as Operation Galaco-gambling/Lake County-was widespread. As the upper echelon of the Chicago Outfit went to prison for life in the 2007 Operation: Family Secrets case, DiFronzo was always thought to have been atop the list of those who would fall in the second round of federal indictments. His brother, Peter DiFronzo, a made-man, was convicted of warehouse burglary in 1963. But DiFronzo was never charged. The joint is operated by Tony Christofalos whose brother, George Christofalos, was shot to death gangland style outside his own nightclub near North Chicago in 1979. He was the boss of the Chicago Outfit from 1997 until his death in 2018. (Carl Wagner / Chicago Tribune). Here's What We Know So Far, 25-Year-Old Makes $200/Hour Without a Bachelor's Degree: I Work Less Than 6 Hours a Day', Illinois Tulip Festival Will Only Be Open for a Limited Time. Top mob figures indicted - UPI Archives So if u stay out of jail for a longtime and die in yer bed as a boss of a family yer a rat??? John DiFronzo walks through the Dirksen Federal Building in Chicago on the day he was to appear before a grand jury on May 20, 1992, in connection with a car bombing. Others in Lake County are identified by the Chicago Crime Commission as reputed gambling overseers Marco D`Amico, 56, of Barrington; Michael Segretti, 64, of Crystal Lake; and Nicholas Sarillo, 49, of Barrington. No evidence of prostitution has been found, they said. John DiFronzo, Top Chicago Mobster, Dies - NBC Chicago
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