Reputed mobster 'The Large Guy' gets 25 years

CHICAGO (AP) – A federal judge in Chicago has sentenced a reputed mob boss to 25 years in prison.

Michael "The Large Guy" Sarno was also ordered to pay nearly $1.8 million in restitution by Judge Ronald Guzman at Wednesday's hearing.

A jury convicted the 52-year-old and four co-defendants in 2010 of racketeering and other charges.

Prosecutors say Sarno and his crew wanted to warn C&S Coin Operated Amusements not to encroach on their video-poker turf in Chicago's South Side and suburbs.

To make his point, prosecutors say Sarno ordered the game distributor's Berwyn offices bombed in 2003.

Experts say Sarno's background as an enforcer wouldn't normally have translated into a top mob job. But with aging kingpins behind bars or dying, a weakened Outfit offered positions to men like Sarno.