Years ago, Melrose Park and most of the West Suburbs were controlled by the Taylor St Crew.
The Capo within the extended Taylor St Crew that handled the West Suburbs was Sam Battaglia.
Battaglia was headquartered in Melrose Park. He would hold Court there with delinquent juice victims and show them the errors in their ways of not paying their juice loans on time.
This is where it started.
Over the last 25 years, Melrose Park Street rackets have been controlled by the Cicero Crew.
Sometimes they have been referred to as the Cicero/Melrose Park Crew. It's the same thing.