New Twist in Family Secrets Trial

By Marcus Gilmer in News on Mar 24, 2009 4:40PM

After originally refusing to cooperate with prosecutors in the Family Secrets case, Michael Marcello, brother of the Chicago Outfit's boss James "Little Jimmy" Marcello, has agreed to testify in the case of U.S. Marshal John Ambrose. Ambrose is accused of passing on confidential information about mobster-turned-state's witness Nicholas Calabrese even though Ambrose was assigned to protect Calabrese. Michael Marcello pleaded guilty in 2007 to running illegal video-gambling businesses and was sentenced to eight-and-a-half years in prison. [Sun-Times]