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"Peluso was scheduled to testify against Calabrese Sr., in the historic family secrets mob trial in 2007. But he got cold feet at the last minute.
Still, Peluso's name surfaced 24 times during the trial, which led to the convictions of several longtime outfit leaders for nearly 20 murders going back decades.
Just months after the trial ended, Peluso quietly landed a $76,000 a year supervisor's job at the Illinois Department of Transportation."
Ralph Peluso | Frank Calabrese Jr. | Former Mob Bookie Re-Hired as IDOT Supervisor, Taxpayers Shoulder $130K in Back Pay (http://www.myfoxchicago.com/dpp/news/investigative/ralph-peluso-frank-calabrese-jr-sr-former-mob-bookie-re-hired-idot-taxpayers-shoulder-130k-back-pay-20120119 - broken link)
"The man who was supposed to kill Peluso certainly can't believe it.
"It blew me away!” Frank Calabrese Jr. said. “This is something that the people of Illinois have to look at."
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