Peter DiFronzo (May 13, 1933 – December 4, 2020) was an American
mobster in the
Chicago Outfit.
Life
DiFronzo was a
made member and the
caporegime of the Elmwood Park Crew within the
Chicago Outfit.
In 1965, he was sentenced to 10 years at
Leavenworth Prison
The United States Penitentiary, Leavenworth (USP Leavenworth) is a medium security U.S. penitentiary with an adjacent minimum security satellite camp in northeast Kansas. It is operated by the Federal Bureau of Prisons, a division of the Unite ...
after he and two Outfit affiliates robbed a warehouse in
Forest View, Illinois, of cigarettes, razor blades, and ladies hosiery. He was featured in William F. Roemer Jr's ''War of the Godfathers: The Bloody Confrontation Between the Chicago and New York Families for Control of Las Vegas'' in 1990.
His wife, Josephine, was part owner of D&P Trucking, located in
Chicago, Illinois
(''City in a Garden''); I Will
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, though authorities believe it was DiFronzo and his brothers Joe and
John that actually ran the enterprise. DiFronzo was also supposedly active in some of the Outfit's racketeering schemes. DiFronzo's name appeared on a 2002 FBI list as a potential threat to the life of
Nick Calabrese
Nicholas W. Calabrese (born November 30, 1942) is an American former mob hitman, best known for being the second made man ever to testify against the Chicago Outfit. His testimony and cooperation with federal prosecutors helped result in the 2007 ...
, a star witness in
Operation Family Secrets
Operation Family Secrets was an investigation by the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) into mob-related crimes in Chicago. The FBI called it one of the most successful investigations of organized crime that it had ever conducted.[North Barrington, Illinois
North Barrington is a village in Lake County, Illinois, United States. Per the 2020 census, the population was 3,171.
Geography
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, from pneumonia caused by hypertension and
COVID-19
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, amid its
pandemic in Illinois.
References
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1933 births
2020 deaths
American gangsters of Italian descent
Chicago Outfit mobsters
Deaths from the COVID-19 pandemic in Illinois