More Trouble in Melrose…

July 31, 2009 by ProvisoGuy
Filed under: Corruption

Melrose Park Village President Ron Serpico can’t be happy about this court testimony:

Michael “Mickey” Caliendo took the stand Thursday in his own defense to dispute charges of racketeering and mail fraud.

Caliendo, 66, former supervisor of part-time police officers at Melrose Park Police Department from 1995 to 2006, was questioned by his attorney, Arthur Engelland.

When asked about the evidence brought against him concerning the assigning of part-time police officers to do security work instead of patrolling the village, Caliendo said the decision was not his to make.

“I would assign part-time police to wherever they told me to,” he said.

“They” referred to his superiors, former Melrose Park Police Chief Vito Scavo, and Mayor Ronald Serpico.

Please read our previous post on Vito Scavo here.