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Student photo of reputed mobster is a hit - Have you seen this "Clown"?
Chicago Tribune ^
| April 27, 2005
| Jon Yates and Brendan McCarthy; Matt O'Connor contributed
Posted on 04/27/2005 3:01:42 PM PDT by NotJustAnotherPrettyFace
A Columbia College student took this photo of reputed mob boss Joseph "the Clown" Lombardo-- without knowing who he was--for a school project just over a year ago.
The dapper old man on the bicycle looked pretty classy, so Columbia College student Val Carpenter pulled over and asked if she could take his photograph for her class project.
"He said sure, he struck a pose--he actually posed," Carpenter, 42, said Tuesday, shortly after she realized the photo she took along Grand Avenue about a year ago was apparently reputed Chicago mob boss Joey "the Clown" Lombardo.
The feds wish they could be so lucky and simply run into Lombardo on the street. Lombardo, 76, was indicted Monday on federal racketeering conspiracy charges and is the subject of an international manhunt.
Lombardo and Frank Schweihs, 75, a reputed mob hit man from Florida, were the only two of 14 men indicted in "Operation Family Secrets" whom federal agents were still searching for, FBI spokesman Ross Rice said Tuesday.
An FBI organized-corruption squad in Chicago that led the investigation into unsolved mob killings was knocking on doors of Lombardo's relatives and associates Tuesday, Ross said.
Carpenter, who attends Columbia part time, said she was working on a final project photographing people on bicycles when she ran across Lombardo. She said she took the shot and he asked her if she wanted to take more.
In a hurry, Carpenter declined and pedaled away on her own bike. At the time, she said, she did not know who the man was. She never asked his name but often waved at him. "He would say, `Hi.' He's just a friendly guy on the street on a bike," Carpenter said. "That's the thing cyclists do."
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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Extended News; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: cary; chicago; frankcalabrese; goodfellas; illinois; joeytheclown; lombardo; missingperson; mobster; northcarolina; onthelam
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To: Imaverygooddriver
Goodfellas is the greatest mob movie of all time. The movie was spot on true to the book. I too read the book years before the movie came out and I was floored that a movie could be that true to the book. The book is actually titled "Wiseguys", but the movie came out at a time when a television show entitled "The Wiseguy" was popular.
To: Imaverygooddriver
re 33
But they had to make it into a "Leonardo Faggio" movie to attract the chicks. Movies don't seem to do well anymore unless the teen girl factor is added in. Too bad isn't it.
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posted on
04/27/2005 7:59:35 PM PDT
by
BBell
To: FreedomFarmer
so good to see Tourist Guy again! Is he back?
43
posted on
04/27/2005 8:02:21 PM PDT
by
the invisib1e hand
(In Honor of Terri Schiavo. *check my FReeppage for the link* Let it load and have the sound on.)
To: NotJustAnotherPrettyFace
There are, it's estimated, anywhere from 47,000 to 100,000 such machines in the state. Do the math. It's a staggering amount of cash, and the Outfit takes half off the top. The owner gets the other half. The state doesn't get a dime.Now that's my kind of business!
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posted on
04/27/2005 8:12:54 PM PDT
by
Sir Gawain
(Jeb Pilate and the Republican Congress: Stood by while someone died)
To: NotJustAnotherPrettyFace
45
posted on
04/27/2005 8:22:33 PM PDT
by
LauraJean
(sometimes I win sometimes I donate to the equine benevolent society)
To: stylin19a
It looks just like him to me.
46
posted on
04/27/2005 8:55:10 PM PDT
by
texasflower
("America's vital interests and our deepest beliefs are now one." President George W. Bush 01/20/05)
To: texasflower
i still don't see it.
go here for the updated story...
http://abclocal.go.com/wls/news/042705_ns_trib_picture.html
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posted on
04/27/2005 9:13:34 PM PDT
by
stylin19a
( "Sod off, Swampy")
To: stylin19a
I just got the link to open. Well it sure looked like the same guy to me and to his own lawyer!
Interesting. Thanks for the link.
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posted on
04/27/2005 9:34:37 PM PDT
by
texasflower
("America's vital interests and our deepest beliefs are now one." President George W. Bush 01/20/05)
To: NotJustAnotherPrettyFace
Nope
That guy on the bike is not the clown.
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posted on
04/27/2005 9:42:59 PM PDT
by
Petruchio
(... .--. .- -.-- / .- -. -.. / -. ..- - . .-. / .. .-.. .-.. . --. .- .-.. ...)
To: texasflower
I'm still scratchin my head why his attorney id'd the guy as Lombardo....I'm thinking the attorney stepped in it and the Feds will be knockin on his door.
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posted on
04/27/2005 9:44:38 PM PDT
by
stylin19a
( "Sod off, Swampy")
To: LibertarianInExile
Excellent!
'Little Caesar' was a great movie, and Edward G. Robinson is one of my all-time favorite actors (obviously).
To: stylin19a
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posted on
04/27/2005 9:53:15 PM PDT
by
texasflower
("America's vital interests and our deepest beliefs are now one." President George W. Bush 01/20/05)
To: Lancey Howard
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posted on
04/27/2005 10:02:25 PM PDT
by
LibertarianInExile
(The South will rise again? Hell, we ever get states' rights firmly back in place, the CSA has risen!)
To: NotJustAnotherPrettyFace
"Killer Klowns from Outer Space"? Or at least from the wrong side of the tracks..
To: Kenny Bunkport
NO driver to 'turn' on you.
No license requirement or plates.
You can go the wrong way on a one-way and live.
Can ride/park virtually anywhere.
Nothing to search, no secure area to preserve 'evidence'.
No place to hide a bug or bomb, and no ignition system to power either.
Nobody would look for a mob boss on a bicycle.
Makes sense to me...
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posted on
04/27/2005 11:17:20 PM PDT
by
Smokin' Joe
(Grant no power to government you would not want your worst enemies to wield against you.)
To: Major_Risktaker
Good Heavens! No way he rides that thing much with those birdlegs!
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posted on
04/27/2005 11:20:00 PM PDT
by
Smokin' Joe
(Grant no power to government you would not want your worst enemies to wield against you.)
To: Smokin' Joe; NotJustAnotherPrettyFace
Good Heavens! No way he rides that thing much with those birdlegs! LOL! I noticed that also. Ann Coulter's legs are thicker.
To: Major_Risktaker
Good Heavens! No way he rides that thing much with those birdlegs! LOL! I noticed that also. Ann Coulter's legs are thicker.
Much more appealing, too, imho.
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posted on
04/28/2005 1:49:49 AM PDT
by
Smokin' Joe
(Grant no power to government you would not want your worst enemies to wield against you.)
To: Imaverygooddriver
Good driver, I liked GoodFellas also, IMO, the movie about the NY Jewish boys who grew into mobsters was great too...was that movie "Once upon a time in NY"??
Just got back to SC, where I also live on an Atlantic Island, after a visit with the NY/NJ in-laws. Spent last Sunday in the City for 1st time in yrs...saw the WTC site up close as well as walked thru Central Park on a sunny Sunday afternoon...I always love to visit and spend a day (especially a Sunday) meandering Manhattan. I cannot help thinking that NYC and most of this region is really distinctly not American and probably hasn't been for a good while. NYC as well as the NE USA has been revolving around some strange Sun system that could be called a Secular System of Urbanity. The SSU also appears to be moving towards a new galaxy, orbiting a powerful Black Hole, the UN Star...or maybe I just spent too much time at the Museum of Nat.Hist....lol.
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posted on
04/29/2005 1:26:09 AM PDT
by
iopscusa
(El Vaquero.)
gangster on a bike? Everyone knows the classiest mafiosos hang out in bathrobes.
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posted on
04/29/2005 1:53:44 AM PDT
by
KneelBeforeZod
( I'm going to open Cobra Kai dojos all over this valley!)
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