DiFronzo was a member of the Three Minute Gang, a group of criminals known for their ability to burglarize stores within three minutes, the average time it took for police to respond to a burglar alarm. He was first arrested for burglary in 1946 and placed under court supervision for six months. In 1949, he and an associate were arrested and charged with a robbery on Chicago's
Gold Coast. In April 1950, DiFronzo was sentenced to six months in Cook County Jail on a charge of assault with a deadly weapon related to the dress shop burglary. In 1993, DiFronzo was convicted along with Chicago boss
Samuel "Black Sam" Carlisi, his gambling capo
Donald "The Wizard of Odds" Angelini, and four other men of federal
racketeering charges for attempting to subterfuge gambling operations at the Rincon Reservation near
San Diego. The 1993 conviction was reversed on
appeal, however, and DiFronzo was released from prison in 1994. In 2009, DiFronzo,
Rudy Fratto and several others were named in a
civil lawsuit by Joseph Fosco (the son of late
Teamsters treasurer Armando Fosco) alleging that they attempted to
extort $400,000 from Fosco. == Death ==