Frank J. Calabrese, Sr.

On the record

• 1995–1997 — United States v. Schiro, 679 F.3d 521 (7th Cir. 2012), states that Calabrese was charged in 1995 in a racketeering conspiracy covering 1978 through 1992, and "He had pleaded guilty in 1997 and been sentenced to 118 months in prison."
• 1998 onward — The FBI story "Family Secrets: Of the Murderous Kind" (2007) says the case began when his son, serving a prison sentence with him, approached the FBI: "The son agreed to wear a wire during conversations with his father."
• 25 April 2005 — The U.S. Attorney's release on the Family Secrets indictment: "Frank Calabrese, Sr., a member of the South Side/26th Street crew and a 'made' member of the Outfit, who committed murder and other crimes on its behalf." These are the indictment's allegations.
• 12 June 2007 — United States v. Calabrese, 490 F.3d 575 (7th Cir. 2007), affirmed the denial of his and James Marcello's double-jeopardy motions to dismiss the 2005 indictment: "The enterprise is the Chicago Outfit, and insofar as is known at this time, it is a different enterprise from the Carlisi and Calabrese street crews."
• 10 September 2007 — The FBI's 2007 story states that the five Family Secrets defendants, Calabrese Sr. among them, "were found guilty of racketeering and related crimes September 10."
• 2009 — The FBI story "The Chicago Mafia: Down but Not Out" (June 27, 2011) states: "Calabrese, Sr., was sentenced to life in prison in 2009 for his role in 18 gangland slayings in the Chicago area dating back to 1970." That is the FBI's public description.
• 1 May 2012 — Schiro: "Calabrese was the boss of the Calabrese Street Crew (also known as the South Side/26th Street Crew)," and the judge "sentenced Calabrese, Marcello, and Lombardo to life in prison." His conviction was affirmed; Judge Wood would have reversed it on double-jeopardy grounds.

The heading follows the Seventh Circuit’s spelling; the 2005 release prints “Frank Calabrese, Sr.” and the FBI stories “Calabrese Sr.” The role line is the Seventh Circuit’s. The family line is the indictment’s description as the U.S. Attorney’s release reported it, which is an allegation.

No record cited here gives his birth date or states his death, so this page gives neither. The page does not name his son, who is named only by relationship in the FBI story.

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