Frank Calabrese Sr

Priest Accused Of Helping Mobster Suspended By Diocese

AP | Posted 08.10.2011

WINONA, Minn. — A Roman Catholic priest from the Diocese of Winona, Minn., has been placed on administrative leave after he was indicted in Chic...

Mob Informant's Book Signings Canceled After Threats

Posted 05.25.2011

Mobster-turned-informant Frank Calabrese Jr. recently released a book about his life in the mob, and decision to turn against his father--which led to...

Late Mob Boss Angelo LaPietra's Bridgeport Home Searched By Feds: Looking For 45-carat Marlborough Diamond

Chicago Sun-Times | Posted 05.25.2011

Chicago FBI agents are searching the home of the family of Angelo "The Hook" LaPietra, the late and widely feared mob leader, the Chicago Sun-Times ha...

Songbird Son Slams Sonny; Mom: It's Redemption For Both

Jerry Capeci | Posted 05.25.2011

Jerry Capeci

A big hurdle the feds have to overcome in their prosecution of legendary gangster John (Sonny) Franzese is getting jurors to look past whatever disdain they acquired for the mobster's spoiled-rotten son.

Secrets Of The Chicago Outfit: Mobster's Family Portrait Hid Guns, Cash, Jewelry, Recordings

AP | DON BABWIN | Posted 05.25.2011

CHICAGO — Nearly $730,000 in cash, about 1,000 pieces of jewelry and loaded handguns found hidden alongside recording devices in a mobster's sub...

Frank Calabrese Sr. Home Searched: Feds Find Guns, Jewels, Cash In Mob Hitman's Home

Fox Chicago | Posted 05.25.2011

Chicago - It's like a story line out of a movie and it may be the biggest secret yet in the Family Secrets mob trial. Federal agents executed a sea...

Mob Hitman Frank Calabrese Sr. Gets Life In Prison

AP | MIKE ROBINSON | Posted 05.25.2011

CHICAGO — Reputed mob boss Frank Calabrese Sr., one of five men convicted at Chicago's biggest underworld trial in decades, was sentenced to lif...