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After the death of boss Frank Balistrieri, in 1993, members of the Chicago Outfit moved into the area gaining control over many illegal rackets in the Milwaukee area. [3] In 2024, boss Peter Picciurro and consigliere John Balistrieri, both died and it is unknown the current status of the family.
The following notable deaths in the United States occurred in 2025.Names are reported under the date of death, in alphabetical order. A typical entry reports information in the following sequence: Name, age, country of citizenship at birth and subsequent nationality (if applicable), what subject was noted for, year of birth (if known), and reference.
The inmate, a 36-year-old Milwaukee man, was found deceased in a holding cell at around 2:30 a.m. Saturday, according to a news release issued by the Ozaukee County Sheriff's Office.
Frank Peter Balistrieri (May 27, 1918 – February 7, 1993) was the crime boss of the Milwaukee crime family from 1961 to 1993. He was a central figure in the skimming of Las Vegas casinos during the 1970s and 1980s, and served several prison sentences.
John Balistrieri was born in 1948, around the time his father, Frank, was "made" — formally initiated — into the Milwaukee La Cosa Nostra family, according to an FBI affidavit, as reported in ...
A 77-year-old man visiting Milwaukee with his wife was killed Monday when the drawbridge he was walking across began to open, causing him to plunge to his death.
A committee appointed by members of St. Paul's Episcopal Church in 1847 established Forest Home Cemetery on what would later become Milwaukee's south side. When the land was selected it was located nearly two miles outside of the city limits along the newly built Janesville Plank Road (now Forest Home Avenue), in an area believed to be far enough from urban development to remain rural. [4]
Opinion: D'Vontaye Mitchell's death, captured on a by-stander's video, replays a familiar American script of a Black family crying out for justice.