Nicholas W. Calabrese
Named in the 2005 Family Secrets indictment of the Chicago Outfit. A 2007 U.S. Attorney's release, citing an FBI affidavit, says he admitted being a "made" member of the Outfit, agreed in 2002 to cooperate, and entered the Witness Security Program. A separate opinion in the 2012 Family Secrets appeal cites his testimony.
- Aliases
- Nick Calabrese
- Family
- Chicago Outfit ("Nicholas Calabrese admitted to the government that he was a "made" member of the "Chicago Outfit""), U.S. Attorney's release of 11 January 2007 summarizing an FBI complaint affidavit
- Rights
- This page is limited to Justice Department releases and a published court opinion. It gives no personal detail beyond them.
On the record
- 1999 — United States v. Schiro, 679 F.3d 521 (7th Cir. 2012), in a separate opinion: the FBI rediscovered gloves he had discarded after a 1986 murder, they carried his DNA, "and that this would lead him to flip."
- 2002 — U.S. Attorney's release of 11 January 2007, citing the FBI affidavit: "In 2002, he agreed to cooperate in the investigation of alleged Outfit members, including his brother Frank Calabrese, Sr."
- August 2002 — Same release: "formally admitted to the WSP in August 2002" on an application "detailing his ability to testify about 16 murders in which he participated and 22 other murders about which he had some secondary information from others."
- 25 April 2005 — U.S. Attorney's release on the Family Secrets indictment, in U.S. v. Nicholas Calabrese, et al., 02 CR 1050. The indictment's allegations are allegations.
- 2007 trial — United States v. Schiro, 679 F.3d 521 (7th Cir. 2012), in a separate opinion: "there was ample additional evidence — notably Nick Calabrese's testimony — that implicated Marcello in Spilotro's murder."
The family line is the Justice Department’s summary of an FBI affidavit about his own admission, labelled as such. It is not a court finding, and no rank is set. Nothing here is copied onto the Chicago Outfit chart.
His own sentence is not stated in any record filed here.
Records
itemU.S. Attorney, N.D. Illinois: deputy marshal charged with disclosing information about protected witness Nicholas Calabrese (January 11, 2007)A U.S. Attorney's release on a complaint against a deputy U.S. marshal. Citing the FBI's affidavit, it says Nicholas Calabrese admitted being a "made" member of the Chicago Outfit, agreed in 2002 to cooperate, and entered the Witness Security Program in August 2002 on an application describing his ability to testify about 16 murders in which he participated and 22 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.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.
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.