Outfit Job?
This goof served Federal time after being fired from the job....and then got probation for another crime?
Joseph Pecora, a former Chicago police officer who served federal time in 2006 for taking 50 pounds of pot from a drug supplier, has been sentenced to probation after DNA evidence allegedly tied him to a $350,000 burglary on the city’s Northwest Side.
Shortly before 8 a.m. on May 6, 2023, someone entered a 79-year-old woman’s home in the 5700 block of West School by breaking a basement window while she was away. The burglar stole about $350,000 in cash from a safe and slipped out, according to Chicago police records. But investigators also found blood on a basement curtain and sent it for DNA testing.
Prosecutors said the sample matched Pecora.
And after getting out of prison, guess who hired him?
- Pecora, who resigned from the police department shortly before heading to prison, has apparently continued his service to the city post-conviction. Municipal payroll records list him as a $51.41-per-hour “asphalt laborer” for the Chicago Department of Transportation.
We might be mistaken, but we think we remember John Kass referring to CDoT as the "Department of Tony (how you doin'?)" as a clever reference to the Outfit connections that ran through City Hall for years.
So how connected do you have to be to be fired from the Police Department, then re-hired by CDoT? The article doesn't say anything about the $350K being recovered....so are we seeing the curtain drawn back from the continuing mob presence and influence in Chicago?
posted by SCC at 12:03 AM
72 Comments:
$106K annually to lay asphalt? One more reason the city's broke.
Looks like a first class piece of shit.
He coulda been a merit lieutenant.
Brandon Johnson needs to fire the HR person that allowed the hiring. The press conference needs to be on Monday!
Cdot definitely has its interesting, colorful people.. I was only in it for 2 months til I bid into Aviation, but whew.
I was on his asphalt crew a few times.
One laborer had to have his joint break. And when we were done with the potholes, had to drop him off at a bar near belmont and central. What a department. Glad im out of it
The clown from 018? He used to sell steroids at the xsport on north ave as well. Wanted so badly to be a mob guy. Must be nice to be connected to get out of prison and land a $50 an hour job with a pension!
It's the Chicago way....
Oh, wow. Memory lane. Me and my buddies used to buy steroids from him circa 2001-2003. He had great prices for even back then. Definitely Outfit connected in the Bridgeport area.
$51.41-per-hour “asphalt laborer”.....Shit...I'm in the wrong business...
106 932.80$ not bad for a convicted cityofchicago employee. Are they hiring I've a family member just released from the IL dept of correction with a coupleof felonies. Asking for a family member?
The mob's success is convincing everyone they don't exist anymore. Just like the evil one
We need Shakman decrees back.
Just gets me sick. I’m speechless.
Bada Bing! Is he a sweeper, a shoveler, a raker, a tamper or a smoother.?
Oh wow. I have stories about this guy which I won’t tell here but he definitely took care of the local meatheads at the gyms across the city with the proper medicinal aids to get big & strong. Mob connected real grimy. Did a lot of his drops while in uniform. Real blatant. Thought he was untouchable. Rolled on some heavy hitter bikers from the southwest side for a lighter sentence. Man had his hand in a lot of cookie jars.
Yep. Likely near West Side or NW side political/bent nose connection.
What year was he hired for the laborer gig?
My son, who works for a suburban public works department, when applied for "asphalt laborer" got an email back saying, "We are sorry to inform you that you do not meet the qualifications for the position of asphalt laborer."
that's dei... don't ever investigate,,,, you know what I'm saying?
Scum Bag Thief, should be locked up. This place stinks.
Another budget cut location
That much cash in a safe? Legally earned of course.
Now, kees me you fool!!!!
Residential burglary is a non-probation-able offense. How does a convicted felon get probation for burglarizing a 79 year old woman and stealing $350,000?
Great prices means you were probably getting poor quality.
Victim probably wasn't a real "victim"
How does a 79 year old woman have $350,000 in cash? All good questions here.
Crazy Steve Z’s old partner. Haha.
Another mob tough guy turned informant. That is why he got probation. Ridiculous nonsense. Gives Italians a bad name. He will be back at work doing nuttin on Mon morning.
He took $350,000 from a safe in someone's house, now who has $350,000 in their house and how did he know.
Did gramma or her family ever get the dough ray me back from the scumbag?
What qualifications do you need to be an asphalt laborers?
No burglars alarms or bars on window, cheap ass safe in basement why not upstairs in the bedroom?
While 10 more people making 106k stand around and watch.
When asphalt is laid it is pure trash, how the heck do they make that much money and do a terrible job? WTF!!!!!!!
Could be legitimate. A lot born in the Depression didn't trust banks
Is a mob-connected, concted felon former cops knows a person has that much cash, there's a chance that person may have connections too.
Exactly what I was thinking.
Why does Granny have $350k in a safe in her basement, Does Granny have an italian last name?
How did Joey P know about the money in the safe?
Who taught Joey P to crack safes (or was in the basement with him)?
Any feebs reading this want to chase past glory and bust some mobsters?
Should have put it under the mattress
It's a NO SHOW job too forget about it.
S&S always has been paid more than the police
cause it's all legit
And he still probably doesn’t have a pot to piss in. Probably spends it all on online poker.
Why wasn't he on the "DO Not Hire" list?
This guy is a bad seed. Always was and will go back to a life of crime. Another guy walking around who should be in prison.
remember when Daley appointed some Chinese dude to run CDOT and they put a bag on his head and beat him??? you had to be Italian to work for CDOT back then
Their family all have Union hard to get Union jobs. Knew a few who were “projectionists” in IATSE. Mobbed up family from the local were draining the pension. Many were ghost payrollers, but others if they had jobs on film/commercial sets back in 1990s, early 2000s were responsible for so much theft that Chicago’s heyday for filming here dried up partially bc so much was being stolen and insurance was getting to be a problem.
See John " Quarters " Boyle.
Can somebody contact Bob Cooley and see if he'll chime in?
350K goes a long way in city hall plenty of beaks get wet.
By pleading to just a reg burglary
Wasn’t Streets and Sanitation a job program for mobbed up guys and OG C-Notes, Simon City Royals, Gaylords…?
He wasn’t put on the “do not hire” list? Unbelievable! Many have been put on that list for far less.
the old mob never went away, but they have big competition now. The drug cartels run cook county and, by default, the state of IL. They have foot soldiers ready to go at the drop of a hat and they own cops, prosecutors, judges, and politicians.
All of these anti-ICE rent-a-mobs are 100% cartel funded and are serious about killing federal agents. That's why ICE got out. The cartels sent them away. If they come back, they better be ready for war. The cartels don't give a flip if you have a federal badge.
I love when coppers say we get paid good. Look at this tool then take a look how much Garbage men make. That's what happens when you have a union
City hall and the outfit work hand in hand. Look at the origin of family trees out of Bridgeport. Been going on for 75 years. It’s the rule not the exception. We are all on the outside looking in. “Don’t send me anyone who wasn’t sent”
Shame on Judge Peggie Champis
He probably plead out to a reduced charge, which guarantees the conviction and little work for the prosecutors office.
Sustainabilty begats Longevity.
Greed begats Urgency + Stupidity + Egregious Impunity.
This OG Mob, Old School, values the former.
The Newly Progressively Greedy spawns the latter.
The ideal of there being no griftings where ever there are taxings is delusional.
Hes probably a snitch, they get great deals and jobs.
Joe was a tool
Neighbor is asphalt laborer. He swipes in at the Wright college yard at 6:30am. His crew heads out to cold patch few potholes. By 9:30 he’s back home hanging out until 3pm. Then drives over to 016 to swipe out. All major resurfacing projects are now outsourced.
It’s my daily reminder that I f* up joining CPD and I wish I got on with CDOT. Oh well, almost done with my 20 year sentence. Happy Thanksgiving all.
Judge Peggy Chiampos was the one that gave probation. I guess it helps to know people.
seasonal position
A lot of guys from Grand Ave got those jobs
May be dirty money from a deceased spouse or she just hides it all and doesn’t trust banks. Could have a shithead son, grandson, nephew who offered him a cut.
It means it wasn’t going through 4 sets of hands before it got to yours.
My God, Chicago...is this the best we can do? Seriously?
We don't have a real union we have a frat BS pretend union.
Ya, ok, cool story ..........
Residential burglary used to be an automatic 4 year sentence, with very little judicial discretion.
My head hurts trying to figure out what you are trying to say.
Yes. Mediocrity is considered a win here. Bidness as usual.
Which head?
Cops aren't paid for what they do...they are paid for what they may HAVE
to do...big difference. If most cops had to do the physical exertion that
a garbageman has to on a route on a daily basis, they would quit.
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