Daily Herald | A summer sizzler: The case of the mob's missing diamond: "geriatric pair (Scalise is 73, Rachel, 71) is notorious for having stolen the Marlborough diamond from a London store in 1980. The 45-carat gem, once owned by Winston Churchill's cousin, has never been found.
The FBI arrested Scalise and Rachel last Thursday night, along with their younger partner Robert Pullia, 69 of Plainfield. The men were found dressed in black, carrying burglary tools and camped outside the Chicago home of their former Outfit boss, the late Angelo 'the Hook' LaPietra, according to FBI agents.
Prosecutors said the men were arrested to prevent a home invasion as LaPietra's daughter was home at the time.
The next day, an interesting car was also seen at the LaPietra home. It was registered to Kurt Calabrese, a son of the infamously brutal Mob boss Frank 'the Breeze' Calabrese Sr.
Kurt, who is married to Angelo LaPietra's granddaughter Angela, made a break from his Outfit father and has gone straight.
But Calabrese, LaPietra & Scalise may be more than just a good name for a Sicilian law firm.
Last month, when the feds raided Frank Calabrese Sr.'s Oak Brook home, they found gems, guns and cash along with 14 audiotape recordings made by Frank of conversations with his Outfit underlings.
Some mobologists suspect those tapes include information about the location of the stolen Marlborough diamond and that the location is the home of the late boss, LaPietra.
If true, then Scalise and Rachel would know that because they stole the sparkler. They would certainly want to get to the diamond before the feds."
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