I do not own or have any weapons of any kind. "About the 18 murders in the indictment, I want you to know that I was not privy before the murders, during the murders, and after the murders, and to this present writing to you." Lombardo also told Zagel in the letter, "I want you to know that I am not a violent man in anyway shape or form. Have no part in the poker machines, extorcinate loans, gambling and what ever else the indictment says," the letter read. "I am no part of a enterprise or racketering ( sic). The first letter from Lombardo surfaced on May 4, 2005, was four pages long and riddled with spelling and grammatical errors. While Lombardo's whereabouts were unknown, he wrote letters to his lawyer, Rick Halprin-but directed toward the judge in the trial-in which he claimed to be innocent, requested a $50,000 recognizance bond, offered to take a lie detector test, and asked to be tried separately from the other defendants in the Family Secrets case-all requests that U.S. As federal agents rounded up the 14 defendants on April 25, 2005, they realized that Lombardo had disappeared, who became a fugitive after they issued a federal arrest warrant. Lombardo was indicted for his role in at least one murder, as well as for running a racket based on illegal gambling, loan sharking and murder. On April 25, 2005, Lombardo, along with 13 other defendants was indicted as part of the federal government's Operation Family Secrets investigation, which lifted the veil on 18 killings since the 1970s that federal investigators had attributed to the Outfit.
Federal authorities also notified Lombardo during the probe that his life might be in danger.
In 2003, the FBI swabbed Lombardo for DNA. In 2003, Chicago newspapers began reporting that federal investigators were looking into solving old mob murders.
STORE HOUSE LOMBARDO TRIAL
If anyone hears my name used in connection with any criminal activity, please notify the FBI, local police, and my parole officer, Ron Kumke." Indictment, fugitive, and Family Secrets trial įollowing his release, Lombardo took the unusual step of taking out a small classified ad in the Chicago Tribune that read: "I never took a secret oath, with guns and daggers, pricked my finger, drew blood or burned paper to join a criminal organization. Lombardo was released on November 13, 1992, after serving only 10 years in prison. In 1986, Lombardo was convicted of skimming over $2 million in proceeds in several Strip casinos (including the Stardust Resort & Casino), and was sentenced to another 10 years in prison. Lombardo was sentenced to 15 years in prison for his role in the bribe conspiracy. On December 15, 1982, Lombardo was convicted, along with Teamsters Union President Roy Williams and insurance executive Allen Dorfman, with bribery of Nevada Senator Howard Cannon in order to get a trucking deregulation bill blocked. LaPietra (known as "The Hook"), would take over the Outfit's operations in Las Vegas in 1971. Lombardo, who by the late 1960s was referred to as an "up-and-comer" in the Chicago Outfit along with Angelo J. The acquittal was Lombardo's 11th in 11 arrests. In 1963, Lombardo was arrested and charged with kidnapping and loan sharking, but was acquitted after a factory worker who had owed $2,000 and who was behind on his payments could not positively identify Lombardo. Lombardo began his Outfit career as a jewel thief and as a juice loan collector. Lombardo, a high school dropout, at some point changed the final letter of his last name. Lombardo was born on January 1, 1929, in Chicago, one of 11 children to Italian immigrants from Bari, Mike Lombardi, a butcher, and Carmela Lombardi.
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