Jackie Cerone

John Philip Jackie The Lackey Cerone was a Chicago mobster and boss of the Chicago Outfit, during the late 1960s. He was the younger brother of mobster Frank Skippy Cerone and father of lawyer, John Peter Cerone and husband to the late Clara Cerone.

He was born to John Cerone Sr. and Rose Valant. He stood at 5160ft 6160in and weighed 195 pounds . During the 1950s Cerone was a chauffeur to boss Antonino Tony Joe Batters Accardo, then became the protege of boss Salvatore Sam, Momo Giancana. Cerone was part of the enforcer team that tortured and murdered loan shark William Action Jackson. As an Outfit enforcer, Cerone was arrested overtimes on charges including armed robbery, bookmaking, illegal gambling, and embezzlement. Cerone became boss of the Outfit following the semiretirements of Accardo and Joey Doves Aiuppa. In 1986 Cerone, Aiuppa, Carl Corky Civella, Angelo The Hook LaPietra and Carl Tuffy DeLuna were convicted of skimmingmillion from a Las Vegas casino. Joseph Agosto, Kansas City crime family member and Las Vegas casino worker, turned states evidence and testified against the bosses. Milwaukee organizedcrime boss, Frank Balistrieri, was sentenced to 10years in prison in the same case, in December 1985.

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