Nicholas W Calabrese was an American mob hitman, best known for being a made man who testified against the Chicago Outfit.
14 Facts About Nicholas Calabrese
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Nicholas Calabrese served in Vietnam in the United States Navy from 1965 until 1967, working as a radioman and having top-secret clearance on the USS Bainbridge.
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Nicholas Calabrese had worked as an ironworker on the John Hancock Center construction project in Chicago, as a Teamster working for trade show contractor United Exposition at Chicago's McCormick Place and as a Cook County security officer at the courthouse in Maywood, Illinois, from 1977 until 1989.
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From 1978 until 1992, Nicholas Calabrese helped his brother, noted Chicago Outfit made man Frank Nicholas Calabrese Sr.
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Nicholas Calabrese has admitted in court to taking part in 14 murders ordered by LaPietra, including the "hits" on Michael Albergo and John Fecarotta, from 1970 until 1986, as part of Nicholas Calabrese's time in the mob.
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Newspapers reported that Nicholas Calabrese had been confronted with DNA evidence implicating him in the 1986 mob hit of mob enforcer John Fecarotta, prompting Nicholas Calabrese to cooperate with law enforcement in the probe.
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Nicholas Calabrese formally entered a plea of guilty to murder and racketeering on May 18,2007.
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On July 16,2007, Nicholas Calabrese took the witness stand and admitted to committing murders with Marcello, Schiro and his brother Frank Calabrese Sr.
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Nicholas Calabrese admitted to having committed a total of 14 murders, and as part of his deal for cooperating, federal prosecutors agreed not to prosecute him for any of the 14 murders, thus sparing him the sentence of life in prison that he could have received had he been convicted of even one murder.
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Nicholas Calabrese acknowledged that he had been joined in the Fecarotta murder by his brother Frank Nicholas Calabrese Sr.
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Nicholas Calabrese provided details on the infamous slayings of Chicago Outfit member Anthony Spilotro and Outfit associate Michael Spilotro, in 1986, in which Nicholas Calabrese said he was one of a large number of mobsters who participated.
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At Marcello's sentencing hearing in February 2009; Patrick Spilotro, brother of Michael and Anthony, gave a victim impact statement in which he stated he had personally encouraged Nicholas Calabrese to begin cooperating with the government.
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On March 26,2009, Nick Nicholas Calabrese was sentenced by United States District Judge James Zagel to 12 years and four months in prison.
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Nicholas Calabrese died on March 13,2023, at the age of 80.