Sentencing delayed for crime figures guilty of racketeering
Post-Tribune (IN)
October 11, 1991
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Crime boss Dominick "Tootsie" Palermo and five other men have had their sentences continued from Oct. 15 until Dec. 12.
The continuance was granted by U.S. District Judge James T. Moody at the request of the federal probation office, which has the task of preparing the pre-sentence reports on each defendant.
To be sentenced with Palermo, of Orland Park, Ill., are Nicholas "Jumbo" Guzzino of Chicago Heights, Ill., Bernard "Snooky" Morgano of Valparaiso, Sam Nuzzo Jr. of Merrillville, Sam "Frog" Glorioso of Gary, and Peter ''Cadillac Pete" Petros, formerly of Gary and most recently of Cicero, Ill.
The five were convicted in U.S. District Court in August on racketeering and illegal gambling charges stemming from the collection of a "street tax" on illegal gambling operations in Northwest Indiana.
Palermo was the head of the crime syndicate's gambling operations in Northwest Indiana and Chicago's south suburbs. Guzzino was Palermo's top lieutenant and he dealt directly with Morgano on Indiana matters.
Palermo, Guzzino, Petros and Nuzzo have been held at the Metropolitan Correctional Center in Chicago since being indicted in December. Glorioso and Morgano were jailed upon conviction.
Each of the six defendants faces more than 50 years in prison.
