James J. Marcello

On the record

• 1980s — United States v. Zizzo, 120 F.3d 1338 (7th Cir. 1997), describing the Carlisi Street Crew: "James Marcello worked as Carlisi's chauffeur, emissary, and all-around right-hand man."
• 1992-1993 — United States v. Calabrese (7th Cir. 2007) and Schiro (2012) record that he was indicted in 1992 with eight others for conspiring to conduct the affairs of the Carlisi Street Crew through racketeering between 1979 and 1990, convicted in 1993, and sentenced to 150 months.
• 2002 — The U.S. Attorney's release of January 11, 2007 says Nicholas Calabrese agreed in 2002 to cooperate against alleged Outfit members including "brothers James and Michael Marcello." The release describes the government's case.
• 2003 — United States v. Ambrose (7th Cir. 2012) recounts recorded 2003 conversations in which James and Michael Marcello discussed information about the cooperating witness Nicholas Calabrese from "the babysitter," later traced to a deputy U.S. Marshal.
• 12 June 2007 — United States v. Calabrese, 490 F.3d 575 (7th Cir. 2007), affirmed the denial of his and Frank Calabrese, Sr.'s double-jeopardy motions to dismiss the 2005 indictment, which charged the Chicago Outfit as the enterprise.
• 1 May 2012 — United States v. Schiro (7th Cir. 2012): "Marcello was a member of the Carlisi Street Crew (also known as the Melrose Park Crew)"; he was tried with "three other members of the Outfit," convicted, and sentenced to life in prison. The conviction was affirmed; Judge Wood would have reversed on double-jeopardy grounds.

This page is limited to court opinions and U.S. Attorney’s releases. The family line is the Seventh Circuit’s phrase “members of the Outfit” in Schiro, and the role line is its description of him there. Zizzo’s “right-hand man” is quoted in the events. No record cited here gives his birth date or states his death.

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