A burglar with mob ties who was allegedly caught on tape discussing killing a cooperating federal witness might be released on bond if he puts up enough property, a judge suggested Wednesday.
Joseph "Jerry" "The Monk" Scalise, a consultant on the Johnny Depp film "Public Enemies," could be released to home confinement if enough friends and family put up their homes, U.S. Magistrate Judge Nan Nolan suggested.
Nolan stressed she had made no final decision on Scalise, 73, of Clarendon Hills, but she did grant bond to the two other senior citizens charged with Scalise in planning to rob an armored car outside a La Grange bank.
FBI agents bugged Scalise's van and caught him allegedly saying about a cooperating witness: "We got to spare some time [and] a bullet for that f------ piece of s---." Scalise was tracking the man down through his children's Facebook accounts, according to a government affidavit.
Nolan ruled Arthur "the Genius" Rachel, 71, could be released on $10,000 bond but be confined to his apartment. Rachel and Scalise were convicted of the 1980 theft of the 45-carat Marlborough Diamond in London. Bond for Robert "Bobby" Pullia, 69, was set at $200,000 and home confinement too, with Pullia putting up his $140,000 town home in Plainfield.
Photo: Jerry "The Monk" Scalise (left and right) showed "Public Enemies" moviemakers how to execute a bank robbery.
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