Joseph Lombardo
Convicted with Roy Williams, later president of the Teamsters, of conspiring to bribe a U.S. Senator (affirmed 1984), in the Las Vegas skimming case (affirmed 1987), and at the 2007 Family Secrets trial, where he was sentenced to life.
- Aliases
- the Clown, Lumpy, Lumbo, Joey the Clown
- Family
- Chicago Outfit, as the Seventh Circuit names it (2012)
- Role
- Member of the Grand Avenue crew, as the 2005 indictment described him (U.S. Attorney's release)
- Rights
- Biography on this page is limited to what the cited federal records state. This page is limited to court opinions and federal releases.
On the record
- 8 June 1984 — United States v. Williams, 737 F.2d 594 (7th Cir. 1984): "Roy Williams, Joseph Lombardo, Thomas O'Malley, and Andrew Massa appeal from convictions on all 11 counts of an indictment charging conspiracy to bribe a United States Senator." The convictions were affirmed.
- 8 October 1987 — United States v. Cerone, 830 F.2d 938 (8th Cir. 1987), summarizing the Government's charge in the Las Vegas skimming case: "LaPietra and Lombardo were members of the Chicago group." It states: "Lombardo and LaPietra received consecutive sentences totalling sixteen years imprisonment"; the convictions were affirmed.
- 25 April 2005 — The U.S. Attorney's release on the Family Secrets indictment: "Joseph Lombardo, also known as 'the Clown,' 'Lumpy,' and 'Lumbo,' a member of the Grand Avenue crew, who committed murder and other crimes on its behalf." These are the indictment's allegations.
- 10 September 2007 — The FBI story "Family Secrets: Of the Murderous Kind" names Joseph "The Clown" Lombardo among the five trial defendants and states: "All five were found guilty of racketeering and related crimes September 10."
- 16 February 2012 — United States v. Ambrose, 668 F.3d 943 (7th Cir. 2012), refers to "Joey 'the Clown' Lombardo" as one of the "members of the Chicago Outfit" with whom a witness had been incarcerated.
- 1 May 2012 — United States v. Schiro, 679 F.3d 521 (7th Cir. 2012), states that Calabrese and Marcello "were tried, together with three other members of the Outfit — Joseph Lombardo, Paul Schiro, and Anthony Doyle," and that the judge "sentenced Calabrese, Marcello, and Lombardo to life in prison." His conviction was affirmed.
The aliases are the 2005 release’s (“the Clown,” “Lumpy,” “Lumbo”) and the Seventh Circuit’s in Ambrose (“Joey ‘the Clown’ Lombardo”). The family line is the Seventh Circuit’s phrase “members of the Outfit” in Schiro. The role line is the indictment’s description as the U.S. Attorney’s release reported it, and an indictment is an allegation.
No record cited here gives his birth date or states his death, so this page gives neither. It does not repeat the age or home town printed in the 2005 release.
Records
itemUnited States v. Schiro, 679 F.3d 521 (7th Cir. 2012)Seventh Circuit opinion of May 1, 2012 on the appeals of the five defendants convicted at the 2007 Family Secrets trial: Calabrese, Marcello, Lombardo, Schiro, and Doyle.itemUnited States v. Williams, 737 F.2d 594 (7th Cir. 1984)Seventh Circuit opinion of June 8, 1984 affirming the convictions of Teamsters president Roy Williams, Joseph Lombardo, and others for conspiring to bribe a United States Senator.itemUnited States v. Cerone, 830 F.2d 938 (8th Cir. 1987)Eighth Circuit opinion of October 8, 1987 affirming the Kansas City convictions of Aiuppa, Cerone, Lombardo, LaPietra, and Rockman for skimming the Stardust and Fremont casinos in Las Vegas.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.
itemFBI story: "Family Secrets: Of the Murderous Kind" (2007)FBI news story of October 1, 2007 on Operation Family Secrets, the Chicago Outfit case in which five defendants were found guilty on September 10, 2007.itemUnited States v. Ambrose, 668 F.3d 943 (7th Cir. 2012)Seventh Circuit opinion of February 16, 2012 in the case of a Deputy U.S. Marshal convicted of disclosing witness-security information about a cooperating witness in the Family Secrets investigation.
itemFBI story: "Family Secrets: Of the Murderous Kind" (2007)FBI news story of October 1, 2007 on Operation Family Secrets, the Chicago Outfit case in which five defendants were found guilty on September 10, 2007.itemUnited States v. Ambrose, 668 F.3d 943 (7th Cir. 2012)Seventh Circuit opinion of February 16, 2012 in the case of a Deputy U.S. Marshal convicted of disclosing witness-security information about a cooperating witness in the Family Secrets investigation.