- Gerald Scarpelli
Gerald Hector Scarpelli (
1938 -May 2 1989 ) was ahitman for theChicago Outfit criminal organization who later became a government witness.An Outfit member under boss
Jerry Ferriola for several years, Scarpelli gained a reputation during the late 1980s as a leadingloan shark . He oversaw illegal gambling operations in the suburban neighborhoods of Southwest Chicago. On July 31, 1988, Scarpelli was arrested for interstate robbery by federal agents. After being confronted withwiretap conversations from informant James "the Duke" Basile discussing assassination methods, Scarpelli agreed to become an informant. Scarpelli later admitted his involvement in the 1980 murders ofWilliam Dauber , an associate of gangsterAlbert Caesar Tocco , and Dauber's wife, Charlotte. With a record of 18 previous arrests and three prison terms, Scarpelli attempted to arrange his release from federal custody in exchange for his testimony.On May 2, 1989, two days before a court ruling on his robbery charges, Gerald Scarpelli hanged himself to death in the Metropolitan Correctional Center in Chicago.
References
*United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Governmental Affairs. Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations. "Organized Crime", U.S. G.P.O., 1988. [http://books.google.com/books?vid=0xDB-pcbo4f_Hm5S1n&id=o-4HAAAAIAAJ&q=%22Gerald+Scarpelli%22&dq=%22Gerald+Scarpelli%22&ie=ISO-8859-1&pgis=1]
External links
* [http://www.ipsn.org/scarpel.html The Not-so-Glamorous Career of Chicago Hitman Gerald Scarpelli Revealed: "It Was Just Business..."] by Richard Lindberg, From the IPSN Archives, Spring 1994
* [http://laws.findlaw.com/us/411/778.html U.S. Supreme Court - GAGNON v. SCARPELLI, 411 U.S. 778 (1973)] , Certiorari to the United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit.
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