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Schweihs has been [[convict]]ed of [[extortion]] in 1989 and was sentenced to 13-years-and-one-month in prison and was ordered to pay $42,900 in fines and restitution. |
Schweihs has been [[convict]]ed of [[extortion]] in 1989 and was sentenced to 13-years-and-one-month in prison and was ordered to pay $42,900 in fines and restitution. |
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In April 2005, he was a [[fugitive]] along with [[Joseph Lombardo| Joseph "Joey the Clown" Lombardo]]; however, Schweihs was eventually caught in [[Berea, Kentucky]], on December 16, 2005, and less than a month later Lombardo was caught on January 13, 2006, in the Greater Chicago area. Schweihs' trial was separated from the other defendants due to his poor health due to cancer. His co-defendants were convicted in the original trial in 2007. Schweihs remained in jail pending his trial. After his health had been judged to have improved, he was finally scheduled to go on trial in October of 2008.<ref>[http://www.suntimes.com/news/mob/1072856,thegerman072408.article Feared mobster Frank 'The German' Schweihs dead]</ref> Indeed, Schweihs' health had improved so much that he was able to try to stare down and verbally challenge lead federal prosecutor T. Markus Funk and prosecutor Amarjeet S. Bhachu. |
In April 2005, he was a [[fugitive]] along with [[Joseph Lombardo| Joseph "Joey the Clown" Lombardo]]; however, Schweihs was eventually caught in [[Berea, Kentucky]], on December 16, 2005, and less than a month later Lombardo was caught on January 13, 2006, in the Greater Chicago area. Schweihs' trial was separated from the other defendants due to his poor health due to cancer. His co-defendants were convicted in the original trial in 2007. Schweihs remained in jail pending his trial. After his health had been judged to have improved, he was finally scheduled to go on trial in October of 2008.<ref>[http://www.suntimes.com/news/mob/1072856,thegerman072408.article Feared mobster Frank 'The German' Schweihs dead]</ref> Indeed, Schweihs' health had improved so much that he was able to try to stare down and verbally challenge lead federal prosecutor [[T._Markus_Funk|T. Markus Funk]] and prosecutor Amarjeet S. Bhachu. |
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Schweihs died on July 23, 2008, from complications related to his cancer. |
Schweihs died on July 23, 2008, from complications related to his cancer. |
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Francis John Schweihs, aka "Frank the German" (February 7, 1932 - July 23, 2008) was an alleged hitman who had been known to work for The Outfit, the organized crime family in Chicago. He was under indictment in the Operation Family Secrets case for the crimes of racketeering and extortion.[1] It is believed he had participated in, or had knowledge of, many murders going back decades, including brothers Anthony "Tony the Ant" Spilotro and Michael Spilotro, Allen Dorfman of the Teamsters Union, a disgraced Chicago cop, Outfit associate and informant Dick Cain, Outfit boss Salvatore "Sam," "Mooney" Giancana, loanshark Sam "Mad Sam" DeStefano, Outfit hitman Charles "Chuckie" Nicoletti and others.[citation needed]
Journalist Thomas Burdick, from his own investigation of the case, concluded that Schweihs, not the man who was actually convicted, was the likely killer of Cigarette Boat designer Donald Aronow, in 1987.[clarification needed][2]
Schweihs has been convicted of extortion in 1989 and was sentenced to 13-years-and-one-month in prison and was ordered to pay $42,900 in fines and restitution.
In April 2005, he was a fugitive along with Joseph "Joey the Clown" Lombardo; however, Schweihs was eventually caught in Berea, Kentucky, on December 16, 2005, and less than a month later Lombardo was caught on January 13, 2006, in the Greater Chicago area. Schweihs' trial was separated from the other defendants due to his poor health due to cancer. His co-defendants were convicted in the original trial in 2007. Schweihs remained in jail pending his trial. After his health had been judged to have improved, he was finally scheduled to go on trial in October of 2008.[3] Indeed, Schweihs' health had improved so much that he was able to try to stare down and verbally challenge lead federal prosecutor T. Markus Funk and prosecutor Amarjeet S. Bhachu.
Schweihs died on July 23, 2008, from complications related to his cancer.
References
- ^ UNITED STATES OF AMERICA v. NICHOLAS W. CALABRESE, et al., US Department of Justice
- ^ Blue Thunder: How the Mafia Owned and Finally Murdered Cigarette Boat King Donald Aronow, Simon and Schuster, 1990
- ^ Feared mobster Frank 'The German' Schweihs dead
External links
- DOJ Operation Family Secrets press release
- New Criminologist: Alleged Mafia hitman Frank "The German" Schweihs arrested in Kentucky by Nick Morris
- Frank Schweihs: Flood Testimony Recalls Breakup Of Mob Hit Attempt, Illinois Police and Sheriff's News
- FBI says hit man, 75, kills for mob by Roberto Santiago