Explanation of key documents in mob case
June 1, 2007
Here are some brief descriptions of key federal documents in the Family Secrets mob trial. Click on a headline below to view the corresponding document.
Frank Calabrese Jr. secretly recorded his father, reputed Outfit hitman Frank Calabrese Sr., while they were both in prison in 1999. For a preview of those conversations, check out the following government filing. The conversations begin on Page 8.
On May 18, Nicholas Calabrese pleaded guilty in the Family Secrets Case and admitted to taking part in at least 14 murders. Check out his plea agreement.
Read the most recent indictment in the Family Secrets case.
In this document, the feds lay out their case against the five men on trial. Prosecutors have blacked out sections of the documents to protect the identities of their witnesses before they testify.
Here is a copy of the hand-written statement businessman Daniel Seifert made to the IRS in May 1973 implicating mobster Joseph "Joey the Clown" Lombardo. Seifert was slain the following year, and the federal case was dropped against Lombardo. In the Family Secrets trial, Lombardo is accused of Seifert's murder.
Ever wonder what mobsters and their wives talk about? Check out pages 6 and 7 of this government filing. The feds say the recipe talk is actually Frank Calabrese Sr. asking his wife about illegal street collections.