Joseph Ferriola
Named by the Seventh Circuit in 1997 as boss of the Ferriola Street Crew, a unit of the Chicago Outfit, from 1979 to 1989. Convicted with Jack Cerone in a 1971 Travel Act gambling case.
- Died
- 1989
- Family
- Chicago Outfit, as the Seventh Circuit names it (1997)
- Role
- Boss of the Ferriola Street Crew, 1979–1989 (Seventh Circuit, 1997)
- Rights
- Biography on this page is limited to what the cited federal records state.
On the record
- 15 September 1971 — United States v. Cerone, 452 F.2d 274 (7th Cir. 1971), affirmed the Travel Act gambling-conspiracy convictions of "John P. (Jack) Cerone, Sr., Donald J. Angelini, Dominic Cortina, James Cerone and Joseph Ferriola."
- 1979–1989 — United States v. Salerno, 108 F.3d 730 (7th Cir. 1997), describes "the Ferriola Street Crew (named after Joseph Ferriola, the boss of the crew from 1979 to 1989)" as "a unit of Chicago's organized crime establishment, often referred to as the 'Outfit.'"
- 1989 — United States v. Infelise, 835 F. Supp. 1466 (N.D. Ill. 1993), states that Rocco Infelise "ran the crew after Ferriola's death in 1989" and that "Infelise was Ferriola's right-hand man."
- 25 April 2005 — The U.S. Attorney's release on the Family Secrets indictment refers to "the son of deceased 'made' member Joseph Ferriola."
The role line is the Seventh Circuit’s description of the crew; no record opened for this archive makes him boss of the Outfit as a whole. The death year is the district court’s; no record here gives the day or the cause. No opened record gives his birth date.
Records
itemUnited States v. Salerno, 108 F.3d 730 (7th Cir. 1997)Seventh Circuit opinion of March 4, 1997 affirming Robert Salerno's conviction; it describes the Ferriola Street Crew as a unit of the Chicago Outfit led by Joseph Ferriola from 1979 to 1989.itemUnited States v. Infelise, 835 F. Supp. 1466 (N.D. Ill. 1993)District court sentencing opinion of July 15, 1993 in the Ferriola Street Crew racketeering case, discussing Rocco Infelise's role before and after Joseph Ferriola's death in 1989.itemUnited States v. Cerone, 452 F.2d 274 (7th Cir. 1971)Seventh Circuit opinion of September 15, 1971 affirming Travel Act gambling-conspiracy convictions of John P. (Jack) Cerone, Sr., Joseph Ferriola, and others.itemU.S. Attorney, N.D. Illinois: Family Secrets indictment release (April 25, 2005)Press release of the U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Illinois announcing a 14-defendant racketeering indictment that named the "Chicago Outfit" as the RICO enterprise and charged 18 murders and one attempted murder between 1970 and 1986.