The Chicago Syndicate: Charges Increased to Racketeering on Reputed Elderly Mobsters

Friday, January 14, 2011

Charges Increased to Racketeering on Reputed Elderly Mobsters

Federal prosecutors have upgraded charges against three elderly reputed mob associates who allegedly plotted last year to rob a bank and the home of a late Chicago mob boss.

Joseph “Jerry” Scalise, Arthur Rachel and Robert Pullia now face racketeering charges, which often carry stiffer sentences on conviction.

The men, all in their 70s, were arrested last April on charges they plotted to rob an armored truck company. The racketeering charges also allege the three targeted the family home of deceased Chicago mob head Angelo “the Hook’’ LaPietra for a home invasion.

1 comment:

  1. I thought this sort of thing was just in the movies and TV shows. Its amazing that this sort of thing still goes on.

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