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Fred B. Roti (December 18, 1920 – September 20, 1999) was a powerful and long-serving alderman of Chicago's First Ward. A federal jury convicted Roti on 11 counts of racketeering, racketeering conspiracy, bribery and extortion. == Background == Roti was born in an apartment in Chinatown. Fred's father, Bruno Roti, Sr., was known as "Bruno the Bomber" for his work as a gangster alongside Al Capone, was arrested twice in murder investigations and was the first capo of what became the 26th Street/Chinatown crew of the Chicago Outfit. Fred Roti's start in city government was inauspicious. He shoveled asphalt before entering World War II with the US Navy, as a machine-gunner on a boat in Europe.〔 On his return to Chicago, Roti became active in the Democratic Party, serving as a precinct captain and held a succession of mundane city and county jobs. Roti, Sr. owned a grocery store on the 2100 block of S. Wentworth Avenue, less than six blocks away from Alphonse "Al" "Scarface" Capone's headquarters, at 2135 S. Michigan Avenue. The diminutive Fred Roti was nicknamed "Peanuts" because of his size and called "Freddie" by his friends.〔 Fred Roti was also the brother-in-law of Frank "Skids" Caruso, the capo who took over from Roti, Sr. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Fred Roti」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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