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Reputed mob debt collector's recordings read like low-grade gangster script
Paul Carparelli
Paul Carparelli, left, of Itasca, drops off his dry cleaning to Tom O'Brien, owner of O'Brien the Cleaner, on April 20, 2010, in Berwyn. (Chuck Berman / Chicago Tribune 2010)
Jason MeisnerContact Reporter
Chicago Tribune
Paul Carparelli may have fancied himself a rising star in the Chicago Outfit, but by his own admission he made a pretty lousy firefighter.

In 2012, Carparelli, a reputed debt collector for the mob's Cicero faction, was caught on undercover federal recordings talking about his unsuccessful stint as a firefighter in sleepy west suburban Bloomingdale in the 1990s.

Interesting that he use to be a 12 at player. That gang has long been considered a mob recruiting gang

He just got 3 1/2 years

Tribune published some audio from the wire worn against Caparelli.

http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-au...emiumvideo.html

When did the 12st Players become a mob recruitment group? Also , that makes the guy apart the Vice Lords too. He gets lock up then he's riding under the 5 LoL.

They are like the cnotes. Not as much anymore because Cicero isn't to white anymore but the ones from the 80s and 90s joined the ranks.