Frank "The German" Schweihs, reputed mobster and courtroom shenaniganeer,died last night at Thorek Hospital and Medical Center. He was 78. Schweihs, who had been ill with cancer for years, was awaiting federal prosecution on charges of racketeering and conspiracy. He had been too sick to stand trial with the rest of the Family Secrets defendants but was scheduled for his own trial starting in October. [AP, S-T, Trib, ABC]......

Bella’s Pizza owner Michael Cosmano was arrested Wednesday for a murder that took place in 1981. The impetus was a phone call to police by a former pizza delivery driver who had witnessed the crime and kept silent all this time from fear that Cosmano had connections with the mob. The story goes like this: Back in 1981, pizza delivery driver Milton Rodriguez had begun to organize his coworkers to strike over poor working conditions......