Pellicano and the Chicago Mob Connection

The Chicago Sun-Times reports:

A top Hollywood private investigator, Anthony Pellicano, now in jail battling charges he illegally wiretapped enemies of the rich and famous, worked under reputed top mobster Joseph "Joey the Clown" Lombardo three decades ago when Pellicano lived in Chicago, according to court testimony Wednesday.

Pellicano allegedly had a mob henchman, Alva Johnson Rodgers, blow up a Mount Prospect home and was upset when the man wouldn't torch a restaurant, according to Rodgers' testimony in the historic Family Secrets mob trial in Chicago.

Pellicano allegedly had a mob henchman, Alva Johnson Rodgers, blow up a Mount Prospect home and was upset when the man wouldn't torch a restaurant, according to Rodgers' testimony in the historic Family Secrets mob trial in Chicago.

Pellicano's mob past in Chicago has long been hinted at, but the trial on Wednesday offered the first public, detailed testimony on what Pellicano allegedly did when he was in Chicago.

What happened Wednesday: One-time mob associate Alva Johnson Rodgers testified that he did mob work for Anthony Pellicano when Pellicano lived in Chicago 30 years ago.
What to expect today: A host of witnesses will testify about the 1974 murder of Daniel Seifert, a federal witness against Joseph "Joey the Clown" Lombardo. Seifert was gunned down in front of his wife and 4-year-old son.

Pellicano's mob past in Chicago has long been hinted at, but the trial on Wednesday offered the first public, detailed testimony on what Pellicano allegedly did when he was in Chicago.

Hollywood,Pelllicano,and civil liberties.What a hoot.