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Article: FBI captures Lombardo: Fugitive mobster discovered in Elmwood Park.
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- Chicago Tribune (Chicago, IL)
- Article date:
- January 14, 2006
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Byline: Todd Lighty and Matt O'Connor
Jan. 14--After an international manhunt, FBI agents captured reputed mob boss Joey "The Clown" Lombardo Friday night in Elmwood Park, not far from where he disappeared nine months ago, officials said.
Lombardo had changed his appearance, growing a beard, after becoming a fugitive in April, when federal prosecutors charged him and more than a dozen other defendants in 18 Outfit-related murders dating to 1970.
FBI spokesman Ross Rice said Lombardo was arrested without incident.
Rice said Lombardo was arrested about 8:30 p.m. outside a home on 74th Avenue.
A law enforcement source said ...