by RushStreet » Tue May 20, 2025 8:55 am
Chicago Outfit heavyweight Jimmy "the Lapper" LaPietra.
Though, often going unnoticed due to being caught up in the shadow of his infamous brother Angelo, Jimmy "the Lapper" LaPietra was a terrifying force in his own right. Allegedly responsible for a litany of gangland slayings, Jimmy was a low-key operator who let his actions do the talking. Despite his brother getting all the attention, it was Jimmy who became the total embodiment of a Midwest gangster with a look that made the most hardened criminals nervous. Jimmy proved to be a very discreet and effective hitman with a reputation that rang bells all over the city. He eventually became one of the boss's go-to hitters for those highly sensitive jobs.
Both Angelo "the Hook" and Jimmy "the Lapper" were both extremely violent men and often went out on hits together in their younger days when they were first coming up in the Outfit. Eventually, the bosses took notice of Angelo's criminal mind and ability to earn and he began to rise through the ranks, eventually becoming the Capo of the Outfit's notorious Chinatown/26th St crew.
It would only be fitting that Angelo began to breed cold blooded killers outta his crew and before you know it, "the Hook" had a stable of sadistic mafia serial killers at his disposal. Aside from the "Wild Bunch" crew of the '70s, Angelo's Chinatown crew was the unofficial disciplinary branch of the organization, oftentimes being called upon to collect money, dish out beatings, blow up buildings, cut off fingers and limbs, and, of course, commit the occasional murder.
It seems the LaPietra brothers may have started a bit of a tradition in the Chinatown crew, by having another set of skilled hitman brothers in their crew performing a large portion of the hits for the organization, ..because they eventually passed the torch to the Calabrese brothers, "Frankie Breeze" and "Nicky Slim" Calabrese. These two would take over right where the LaPietra brothers left off, building themselves reputations of being ruthless and vicious stone cold killers.
Unfortunately, the hitman brother duo thing the Chinatown crew had going on stopped with the Calabrese brothers, as Nick Calabrese flipped to save his own ass, sending a lot of the leadership to prison. Couple that with the government's best friend, RICO, terrorizing Mafia families nationwide, and several other successful investigations the Feds have conducted over the last couple decades, and the mob now seems to be on life support.
Chicago Outfit heavyweight Jimmy "the Lapper" LaPietra.
Though, often going unnoticed due to being caught up in the shadow of his infamous brother Angelo, Jimmy "the Lapper" LaPietra was a terrifying force in his own right. Allegedly responsible for a litany of gangland slayings, Jimmy was a low-key operator who let his actions do the talking. Despite his brother getting all the attention, it was Jimmy who became the total embodiment of a Midwest gangster with a look that made the most hardened criminals nervous. Jimmy proved to be a very discreet and effective hitman with a reputation that rang bells all over the city. He eventually became one of the boss's go-to hitters for those highly sensitive jobs.
Both Angelo "the Hook" and Jimmy "the Lapper" were both extremely violent men and often went out on hits together in their younger days when they were first coming up in the Outfit. Eventually, the bosses took notice of Angelo's criminal mind and ability to earn and he began to rise through the ranks, eventually becoming the Capo of the Outfit's notorious Chinatown/26th St crew.
It would only be fitting that Angelo began to breed cold blooded killers outta his crew and before you know it, "the Hook" had a stable of sadistic mafia serial killers at his disposal. Aside from the "Wild Bunch" crew of the '70s, Angelo's Chinatown crew was the unofficial disciplinary branch of the organization, oftentimes being called upon to collect money, dish out beatings, blow up buildings, cut off fingers and limbs, and, of course, commit the occasional murder.
It seems the LaPietra brothers may have started a bit of a tradition in the Chinatown crew, by having another set of skilled hitman brothers in their crew performing a large portion of the hits for the organization, ..because they eventually passed the torch to the Calabrese brothers, "Frankie Breeze" and "Nicky Slim" Calabrese. These two would take over right where the LaPietra brothers left off, building themselves reputations of being ruthless and vicious stone cold killers.
Unfortunately, the hitman brother duo thing the Chinatown crew had going on stopped with the Calabrese brothers, as Nick Calabrese flipped to save his own ass, sending a lot of the leadership to prison. Couple that with the government's best friend, RICO, terrorizing Mafia families nationwide, and several other successful investigations the Feds have conducted over the last couple decades, and the mob now seems to be on life support.