and rockford is still a crew of the outfit and kicks up to someone in the outfit there are gambling machines at almost 3/4 of the bars out here in the rockford area and most if not all the machines still come from chicago if not still cicero and they are still down to four crews which im aware of which is northside/rush street . cicero crew . 26th street and south suburbs was merged into one awhile back and elmwood park / melrose park which is no nose's stronghold and a huge mob stomping grounds for years besides the cicero crew which has been a mob strong hold for generations. they are still in the usual bookmaking, loan sharking, gambling, and i used to hear broads but that was back in the day on cicero avenue when they had a few strip clubs under their thumb ... and rockford is mostly gambling , book making and of course the major money make of them all gambling machines