Three mobsters given prison sentences
Times Staff Report
Apr 26, 1992
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HAMMOND - The largest investigation ever into area mob activity has resulted in three more men being sentenced to federal prison.
Sam M. "Frog" Glorioso, 50, of Gary; Peter "Cadillac Pete" Petros, 57, of Cicero; and Ned M. Pujo, 52, of Portage were all sentenced Friday in federal court by U.S. District Judge James T. Moody.
Glorioso, who had collected the mob's "street tax," received an 11-year sentence. He was found guilty of one count of racketeering, one count of racketeering conspiracy, five counts of extortion and one count of participating in an illegal gambling business.
Petros, a former Gary resident who collected extortion money for the crime syndicate, was sentenced to nine years and nine months. He was found guilty of one count of racketeering, one count of racketeering conspiracy and four counts of extortion.
Pujo, a gambling boss and owner of the Beer Barrel Restaurant and lounge in Merrillville, was sentenced to 18 months in prison and fined $30,000. He had pleaded guilty to illegal gambling charges.
The men were among those indicted in late 1990 during a federal investigation into a gambling and extortion racket run for the Chicago "Outfit" organized crime family, which controlled gambling in the south suburbs and Northwest Indiana.
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