He seems like a cheeseball who has seen too many gangster movies and will likely be spending the next 1/3 of his life in jail for indulging that particular fantasy.

Yeah, if you read his quotes with a stereotypical wiseguy accent, it almost seems like screen test.

Totally agree!

Man goes on trial for allegedly ordering 'break-both-legs beating' to collect on $300K loan

WRITTEN BY JON SEIDEL POSTED: 06/01/2015, 06:46PM
Paul Carparelli, pictured here, was allegedly hired to carry out a beating by Mickey Davis, who is on trial in Chicago's federal court this week | (supplied photo)
The man with the slicked-back hair and leathery tan accused of ordering a “break-both-legs beating” to collect on a $300,000 debt in 2013 might look the part.

Even his lawyer said so after he asked Michael “Mickey” Davis to stand in front of a federal jury Monday.


“He looks like a mobster, right?” defense attorney Christopher Grohman said, pointing to his client.

But Grohman told the jury at the start of Davis’ trial Monday that that’s not enough to convict Davis of attempted extortion and using extortion to collect a debt. Grohman said Davis didn’t need to “hire a bunch of goombahs” to deliver a beating to a man who prosecutors said used the $300,000 loan from Davis to start a used-car dealership with his father in Melrose Park.

“He could do it himself,” Grohman said.

But Assistant U.S. Attorney Michael Donovan said Davis threatened the man’s family when he didn’t get paid — asking questions like “how are your wife and child doing?” and “does your wife still own that salon in Schaumburg?”


Donovan said Davis took control of the man’s dealership and even opened new bank accounts for the business. And eventually, the prosecutor said, Davis paid a mob associate for the man’s “thorough” beating. He went to Paul Carparelli, an Itasca man who pleaded guilty last month to three counts of conspiracy to commit extortion.

Davis offered to pay Carparelli $10,000 for the beating with $5,000 up front, prosecutors said in court documents. The feds have said they have recorded conversations as evidence.

But one of Carparelli’s associates — George Brown — turned out to be a government informant. And Donovan said the feds interrupted the plot before things turned violent.

“That beating never happened,” Donovan said.

Grohman, of the firm Durkin, Roberts & Grohman, said Davis was an active investor in the father-son car dealership from “day one.” Though prosecutors accused Davis of ordering a beating for the son, Grohman said it was actually the father who gambled away Davis’ money.

Here is an article from ScottB about "Mickey D".
http://gangsterreport.com/midwest-mafia-bulletin-detroit-chicago/

Sorry couldn't get the photos up, there are links to the photos, also the first link is the article with a photos of Mickey Davis and Pete Difronzo fishing.

e mob-connected plot to break the legs of a deadbeat suburban businessman started at a dingy used car dealership in Melrose Park, federal prosecutors say.
Michael "Mickey" Davis, a longtime associate of reputed Outfit bosses Peter and John DiFronzo, walked into R.J. Serpico's office, closed the door behind him and threw a piece of paper onto the desk.

On the sheet were scribbled notes from a mob bookie indicating Serpico's father owed thousands of dollars in gambling debts. Serpico, who had taken a $300,000 loan from Davis to start the fledgling Ideal Motors dealership with his father, knew instantly he was in trouble.

"This wasn't our (expletive) agreement," Davis growled, according to Serpico's recent testimony in federal court. "I want my (expletive) money."

He then pulled up a chair, leaned in close and issued what prosecutors allege was a thinly veiled threat.


"How are your wife and kids doing? Are you still living in Park Ridge?" the hefty suburban landfill owner allegedly asked Serpico. "Does your wife still own that salon in Schaumburg?"

Without another word, Davis got up and walked out.

Prosecutors allege that within months of that ominous January 2013 confrontation, Davis, infuriated that Serpico had still failed to pay back the loan, ordered his brutal beating, enlisting the help of a well-known Italian restaurant owner in Burr Ridge to find the right guys for the job. The restaurateur went to reputed mob associate Paulie Carparelli, who in turn hired a team of bone-cracking goons to carry out the beating for $10,000, according to prosecutors.


Unbeknownst to everyone involved, however, the beefy union bodyguard tasked with coordinating the assault had been nabbed months earlier in an unrelated extortion plot and was secretly cooperating with the FBI. In July 2013, agents swooped in to stop the beating before it was carried out, court records show.

For the past two weeks, Davis' trial on extortion charges at the Dirksen U.S. Courthouse has featured some of the biggest names in the depleted ranks of the Chicago Outfit, including the DiFronzo brothers and Salvatore "Solly D" DeLaurentis, all reputed leaders of the notorious Elmwood Park crew.

While none of the aging bosses has been charged with any wrongdoing, their names and photos have been shown to jurors as evidence of the 58-year-old Davis' purported connections to the highest levels of the mob.


Serpico testified he was well aware of Davis' friendship with the DiFronzo brothers and that he often saw Davis and Peter DiFronzo cruising past Ideal Motors in DiFronzo's black Cadillac Escalade. He said he also had heard Davis was partnered with DeLaurentis, a feared capo convicted in the 1990s of racketeering conspiracy in connection with a violent gambling crew run by Ernest Rocco Infelice.

Davis' attorneys, meanwhile, have denied he has anything to do with the mob. Davis has known the DiFronzos since childhood and has maintained a longtime business relationship with them through his landfill in suburban Plainfield, where two DiFronzo-owned construction companies have paid millions of dollars to dump asphalt and other construction debris, according to his lawyers.

To bolster their point that he had nothing to hide, Davis' attorneys showed the jury a photo that Davis kept in his office at the E.F. Heil landfill. The undated photo showed a tanned Davis deep-sea fishing off Costa Rica with Peter DiFronzo, the shirtless mob boss appearing to be reeling in a catch with a pole harness strapped around his waist.

Jurors deliberated about seven hours Friday without reaching a verdict. U.S. District Judge Samuel Der-Yeghiayan told the panel to return Monday morning to resume discussions.

In his closing argument Thursday, Thomas Anthony Durkin, Davis' attorney, urged jurors not to get swept up in the dramatic talk of gangsters and to focus instead on the evidence that Durkin said failed to connect Davis to the mob or any extortion plot.

"If you want to get swayed by looking at 'murderer's row' here, Pete DiFronzo, John DiFronzo, Solly DeLaurentis, all the boys, then we are in trouble," Durkin told the jury in his closing argument as the mobsters' photos were flashed on an overhead screen.

Durkin also painted Serpico as a liar and called the government's undercover informant, George Brown, "just pathetic."

Both Carparelli and Brown have pleaded guilty to charges unrelated to Davis' case and are awaiting sentencing.

According to court records and testimony at the trial, Davis, who often golfed with Serpico's father, Joe, loaned the father-son team $300,000 in 2012 to purchase used vehicles to sell at Ideal Motors. The agreement called for the loan to be paid back within three years, plus an extra $300 per car sold tacked on as interest. According to prosecutors, Davis expected to more than double his money.

But the deal quickly soured as the business floundered and Serpico's father continued to gamble with the borrowed funds, court records show. By the end of that year, Ideal Motors was in trouble, with creditors breathing down the owners' necks and cars being repossessed.

Serpico, 44, who is married with two children, testified he was terrified and sick to his stomach after Davis threatened him and his family at the meeting at Ideal Motors. He kicked his father off the lot to appease Davis, who became co-owner. Serpico also paid Davis nearly $60,000 in cash and a used Chevelle to try to buy some time, according to prosecutors.

Wracked with fear and not knowing what to do, Serpico "literally walked off the lot" that May 2013 and left control of the business to Davis, Assistant U.S. Attorney Heather McShain said in her closing argument.

But with Ideal Motors a financial bust, Davis had had enough, McShain said.

"Mickey Davis made a decision to not only continue to collect but to follow up on his threat," McShain said.

Over the next several weeks, FBI agents secretly recorded a series of phone calls and meetings between Carparelli and Brown in which they discussed the logistics of the beating, including concerns over whether they had the proper clearance from the Outfit to carry out such an attack in the DiFronzos' territory.

In a recorded call on July 11, 2013, Carparelli told Brown their plan was safe because Davis had a direct line to the bosses, court records show.

"OK, listen, I met this guy (Davis) yesterday. You know who this guy is?" a transcript of the call quoted Carparelli as saying. "This is Solly D's partner. Ok? ...So, listen, we definitely can't (expletive) around with these guys or we're going to have a big (expletive) headache, a big headache."


But Carparelli also saw the job as a chance to prove themselves to the bosses, saying if the beating was successful it would "put us right on the map, believe me when I tell ya," according to the transcript.

A few days later, Carparelli told Brown his guys should approach Serpico as he left his new job as a salesman at Al Piemonte Ford, stage a fender-bender and attack him when he got out of his car.


"Say we give him a little tap, like an accident. 'Oh man, I'm sorry,'" Carparelli said on the call. "Guy gets out of his car. Boom, boom, boom. That's it."

jmeisner@tribpub.com
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-chicago-outfit-extortion-trial-met-20150615-story.html#page=1

http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-cth-john-difronzo-jpg-20150614-photo.html

http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-cth-peter-difronzo-jpg-20150614-photo.html

http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-cth-solly-d-delaurentis-jpg-20150614-photo.html

http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-cth-mickey-davis-jpg-20150614-photo.html

Longtime associate of reputed Outfit bosses Peter and John DiFronzo was convicted Monday of extortion for threatening a deadbeat suburban businessman and then hiring a team of goons to break the victim's legs months later when he still wouldn't pay up hundreds of thousands of dollars in debt.

"How are your wife and kids doing? Are you still living in Park Ridge?" prosecutors said Michael "Mickey" Davis asked the victim during a January 2013 confrontation at a Melrose Park used car dealership, according to trial testimony. "Does your wife still own that salon in Schaumburg?"

Jury deciding reputed mob associate's fate in colorful extortion trial

After two weeks of testimony, a federal jury deliberated about nine hours before convicting Davis, 58, on two extortion-related counts. He faces up to 20 years in prison on each count.

As the verdict was read, Davis, dressed in a light gray suit with his gray hair slicked back, raised his eyebrows, turned to whisper something to one of his lawyers, sat back in his chair and shook his head.

Prosecutors sought to immediately jail Davis pending sentencing, but U.S. District Judge Samuel Der-Yeghiayan allowed Davis to remain free for now so he can go to a doctor's appointment. Davis could be taken into custody when he is scheduled to return to court next week.

In the lobby of the Dirksen U.S. Courthouse, Davis' attorney, Thomas Anthony Durkin, vowed to appeal, telling reporters he was "disappointed that the jury could conclude from nothing but circumstantial evidence that it was proof beyond a reasonable doubt."

Davis' trial featured some of the biggest names in the depleted ranks of the Chicago Outfit, including the DiFronzo brothers and Salvatore "Solly D" DeLaurentis, all reputed leaders of the notorious Elmwood Park crew. While none of the aging bosses was charged with any wrongdoing, their names and photos were shown to jurors as evidence of Davis' purported connections to the highest levels of the mob.

The alleged victim of the extortion plot, R.J. Serpico, testified that he was well aware of Davis' friendship with the DiFronzo brothers and that he often saw Davis and Peter DiFronzo cruising past his Ideal Motors dealership in DiFronzo's black Cadillac Escalade. Serpico said he also had heard that Davis was partnered with DeLaurentis, a feared capo convicted in the 1990s of racketeering conspiracy in connection with a violent gambling crew run by Ernest Rocco Infelice.

Durkin said Davis has known the DiFronzo brothers since childhood and that for years he has maintained a business relationship with them through his landfill in Plainfield, where two DiFronzo-owned construction companies have paid millions to dump asphalt and other construction debris.


To bolster their point that he had nothing to hide, Davis' attorneys showed the jury a photo that Davis kept in his office at the E.F. Heil landfill. The undated photo showed a tanned Davis deep-sea fishing off Costa Rica with Peter DiFronzo, the shirtless mob boss appearing to be reeling in a catch with a pole harness strapped around his waist.

"As many witnesses testified, growing up in Melrose Park, or growing up in Elmwood Park as Mickey did, you come to know those people," Durkin said Monday. "I don't think at this point Peter DiFronzo is anything but a businessman. I think it's unfortunate that he gets tarred with the same brush, but the government seems hellbent on continuing to put the Outfit out of business, and I don't begrudge them that, but I do begrudge them the means that they go about doing it."

Prosecutors allege that within months of the ominous January 2013 confrontation at Ideal Motors, Davis, infuriated that Serpico had still failed to pay back a $300,000 loan, ordered his brutal beating, enlisting the help of a well-known Italian restaurant owner in Burr Ridge to find the right guys for the job. The restaurateur went to reputed mob associate Paulie Carparelli, who in turn hired a team of bone-cracking goons to carry out the beating for $10,000, according to prosecutors.

Unbeknownst to everyone involved, however, the beefy union bodyguard tasked with coordinating the assault had been nabbed months earlier in an unrelated extortion plot and was secretly cooperating with the FBI. In July 2013, agents swooped in to stop the beating before it was carried out, court records show.

In his closing argument last week, Durkin painted Serpico as a liar and called the government's undercover informant, George Brown, "just pathetic."

He also urged jurors not to get swept up in the dramatic talk of gangsters and to focus instead on the evidence that Durkin said failed to connect Davis to the mob or any extortion plot.

"If you want to get swayed by looking at 'murderer's row' here, Pete DiFronzo, John DiFronzo, Solly DeLaurentis, all the boys, then we are in trouble," Durkin told the jury in his closing as the mobsters' photos were flashed on an overhead screen.

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Chuck Goudie on Giancanas' death
http://abc7chicago.com/news/chicago-mobsters-40-year-old-murder-still-a-mystery/795393/

Nick Calabrese told the FBI that Spilotro killed Giancana and that he used a silencer made by Frank Calabrese Snr and Ronnie Barret. He said that Tony Accardo ordered it.

Wonder if Nick C will ever be called to testify again?

I don't remember hI'm saying Spilotro did it.

I think we can safely say it was dominic butch blasi

giancanas own family is damn sure that blasi wasn't his killer.. so theres a bit confusion, but its clearly one of the guys (Spilotor or Blasi)
they even got corbitt's name wrong...

Pretty sure it's covered in Jeff Cohen's book. I might be wrong, don't have the book here.

Nick C def said abou the silencer being made by his brother and Ronnie Barret.

Coen's book had Calabrese saying that Frank, Sr. and Ronnie Jarrett made the silencer and that Angelo Lapietra disposed of the weapon.

bump-.

any news concerning the vena indictments? Rumors had them scheduled before christmas if iam not mistaken?

before new years not christmas. If they have not come down by new years i will admit i was wrong because i was one of the guys who said they would come down by new years

If they don't come by New Years that doesn't mean they aren't coming. These things take time, it's the same situation with Philly. Anastasia and others reported major indictments would come down. It took a lot longer than the timeframe they were initially giving, but it happened.

And Nick Calabrese never testified or told the Feds that Tony Spilotro killed Giancana. What he actually said was that he knew Tony Accardo had been a part of the killing, and that Angelo "Hooks" LaPietra had disposed of the gun itself. And that the silencer which was equipped with the gun was made by Frank Sr. & Ronnie Jarrett.

These guys were dropping bodies left and right in the 80s. Surprised more guys aren't locked up.

Probably leaking information to get them talking on wiretaps and whatnot. Indictments will come eventually. These guys have too many skeletons.