Joseph Andriacchi (born October 20, 1932) is a
Chicago
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area resident and convicted criminal, considered by that city's
Crime Commission to be a high-ranking member of the
Outfit
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, the city's
LCN organization.
Chicago Outfit career
In 1989, the ''
Chicago Sun-Times
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'' reported that Andriacchi had been elevated to being the second-in-command in the Chicago Outfit.
The article identified Andriacchi as having two nicknames: "the Sledgehammer"—because of his unsubtle ways as a
safe cracker—and "the Builder".
The article also noted that Andriacchi had been imprisoned on burglary charges from 1968 until 1971.
Andriacchi was one of several reputed mobsters ordered to appear before a federal grand jury after the May 17, 1992, bombing of a car outside the home of a daughter of
Leonard Patrick
Leonard "Lenny" Patrick (October 6, 1913 – March 1, 2006) was Jewish-American organized crime figure affiliated with the Italian-American Chicago Outfit. Patrick was involved in bookmaking and extortion and later a government informant.
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, who was in the process of testifying against several known mobsters.
Andriacchi was identified in a 1995 ''
Chicago Tribune
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'' article as being an underboss for day-to-day operations for the Chicago Outfit.
In 1997, the
Chicago Sun-Times
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reported that Andriacchi was "at the top of the Outfit's new organizational chart," identifying Andriacchi as a reported longtime lieutenant of Chicago Outfit kingpin
John DiFronzo.
After the conclusion of the "
Family Secrets trial" in Chicago in 2007, which sent multiple high-ranking members of the
Chicago Outfit
The Chicago Outfit (also known as the Outfit, the Chicago Mafia, the Chicago Mob, the Chicago crime family, the South Side Gang or The Organization) is an Italian-American organized crime syndicate or crime family based in Chicago, Illinois, ...
to prison for long sentences, Andriacchi was again identified in Chicago newspapers as being a powerful member of the Chicago Outfit. "Reputed mobsters not charged in the Family Secrets case who are still powerful in the Outfit include John "No Nose" DiFronzo (December 13, 1928 – May 27, 2018), Joe "The Builder" Andriacchi,
Al Tornabene
Alfonso "Al the Pizza Man" Tornabene (1923 – May 17, 2009) was a Chicago-area resident who was reported by several newspapers to have been a high-ranking member of the Chicago Outfit crime organization.
Career as a pizzeria owner
In 1955, ...
(now deceased, 2009),
Frank "Tootsie" Caruso,
Marco D'Amico (January 1, 1936 – April 22, 2020) and
Michael Sarno, law enforcement sources said," the
Chicago Sun-Times
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wrote on September 11, 2007. On September 30, 2007, the
Chicago Tribune
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reported that law enforcement sources indicated that Andriacchi controls Chicago's north side and north suburbs, and that he leads the
Elmwood Park crew.
The
FBI
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considers Andriacchi a prime suspect in the 2006 disappearance and presumed murder of
Anthony Zizzo, and offered a $10,000 reward in 2016 for information that helps to solve the crime.
FBI seeks info 10 years after Chicago mob boss Anthony Zizzo vanished
ABC7 Chicago, Chuck Goudie, 31 Aug 2016
Personal
Andriacchi and his wife, Silvana Venditti-Andriacchi, live in River Forest, Illinois
River Forest is a suburban village adjacent to Chicago in Cook County, Illinois, U.S. Per the 2020 census, the population was 11,717. Two universities make their home in River Forest, Dominican University and Concordia University Chicago. The ...
.
References
External links
Joseph Andriacchi Archive
at TheChicagoSyndicate.com
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1932 births
Living people
Chicago Outfit bosses
American gangsters of Italian descent
Chicago Outfit mobsters
People from River Forest, Illinois