[258] The indictment claimed Anthony Pandrella a longtime friend of Zito murdered him and stole his loan sharking business. [296] In March 2006, Salanardi was sentenced to 11 years and three months in prison. As many as 60 mobsters died, upending the hierarchy of several powerful criminal groups. [70] Correale ran a Lucchese family gambling club between Second Avenue and East 112th Street in East Harlem. [11] On July 21, 1964, Accardi was convicted on narcotics conspiracy and skipping bail. The prosecution claimed that the Lucchese family had been grossing $40,000 per month from Garment District businesses since the mid-1980s. [243] Urgitano became a powerful mobster operating from Pleasant Avenue and eventually became the caporegime of the Harlem crew. At the sentencing, Cutaia's attorney asked the court for home confinement, saying that Cutaia suffered from depression and advanced multiple sclerosis; the request was denied. [2] In 1979, Abate went into semiretirement and Accetturo succeed him as boss of the New Jersey faction. In 1965, Rao was convicted on perjury charges and was sentenced to five years in prison. After Reznikov left the nightclub, Balagula suffered a massive heart attack. Patrick Louis "Patty" Testa (March 11, 1957 December 2, 1992) was a soldier. On April 28, 1998, DeFede was indicted on nine counts of racketeering stemming from his supervision of the family rackets in New York's Garment District from 1991 to 1996. [236] On May 31, 2017, Truscello, along with Street Boss Matthew Madonna, Underboss Steven Crea Sr., Consigliere Joseph DiNapoli and other members of the family, were indicted and charged with racketeering, murder, narcotics (cocaine, heroin, marijuana, prescribed medication), and firearms offenses. (1998), Gaetano "Tommy Three-Finger Brown" Lucchese, Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act, United Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners of America, "Candidate Drops Denial That Father Was in Mafia", "Deposed Enforcer Septimo Accardi Never in Top Echelon Operated in Canada", "FBI Law Enforcement Bulletin, Volumes 3031 (pg. [290] In 1928, after Valachi was released from prison Petrilli introduced him to Girolama "Bobby Doyle" Santucci and Tom Gagliano. [205] He married Carmelina Alberti and the couple had two daughters, Nina Vento and Liboria Pancaldo. This escalation led them to rule in secrecy from an unknown location, with Alphonse (Little Al) DArco becoming their representative as acting boss for eight months in 1991. [190] On August 13, 1993, Perna convicted in the first trial. [69] In December 1930, Correale and Carmine Tramunti had charges of robbery dropped and they were released from jail. Izaak Silber soon joined in the bingo operation. Fear City: New York vs The Mafia tells the story of how the FBI managed to arrest the leaders of the "Five Families," the Mafia bosses who controlled organized crime in NYC. [37] These accusations continued until Graziano retired in 1952. In early 1986, while Furnari was awaiting the Commission trial, the Lucchese family uncovered a new, potentially lucrative racket. [257] His elder brother Anthony Zito, who had been arrested in 1971 for extortion, was also linked to the Lucchese family. In the late 1990s, Michael Blutrich, the owner of Scores (a strip club franchise) became a government informant and identified Urgitano as a caporegime in the Lucchese family. [138] In 1987, the family's new boss Vic Amuso and Anthony Casso suspected Pappadio of skimming 15 million a year from the shakedown and loan sharking rackets in the garment district. In 2002, Salanardi was indicted along with consigliere Joseph Caridi, acting capo John "Johnny Sideburns" Cerrella and others. [9] On January 22, 1945, he became a naturalized US citizen. By the late 1950s Migliore, a soldier, already was overseeing Laratro's illegal gambling operations from bookmaking, policy operations and large telephone setups. [56] Cuomo's pizzeria "Ray's Pizza" was later sold for almost $6 million. The trial began in September 1986. The charges also involved the execution of Bonanno crime family de facto boss Carmine Galante in 1979, allegedly on the orders of the Commission because they saw Galante as a potential rival who planned to take over all organized crime operations in the New York area. Michael "Mike Valentino" Russo (November 23, 1893[210] - March 1975)[211] was a long-time soldier of the Lucchese crime family New Jersey faction. FOX 10's Lindsey Ragas reports. [30][31] On November 4, 1987 Cavalieri died of natural causes.[29]. [58] Cutaia worked as a loan shark and as a chauffeur for capo Paul Vario. [42] He served as acting boss in 1967. In the early 1920s, Russo was inducted into the Newark family of Gaspare D'Amico, and during his time under this family, he attended the 1928 Cleveland Mafia meeting at the Hotel Statler as an official member. [208] At the same time the longtime boss Thomas Lucchese had become ill and Rao was thought of as a suitable successor. [177][178] Migliore, who served as underboss in the past to Anthony Corallo, was considered the biggest influence on the ruling committee. [36][38][39] During the 1963 McClellan hearings, government witness Joseph Valachi identified Coco as a capo in Gaetano "Tommy" Lucchese's crime family. 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The 19th Hole, Furnari's social club, was the hub of criminal activity in Bensonhurst. Brocchini, who was known as an enforcer, later became involved primarily in loansharking and gambling. 32)", "ACCARDI IS HELD IN $500,000 BAIL; Narcotics Figure Returned From Italy After 8 Years $92,500 Bail Forfeited Wife Joins Husband", "Big Sam Accardi Convicted Of Violating Narcotics Law", Joseph Brocchini "Too Tough For His Own Good", DirtyBook Store Run by Police Gains Indictment of 18 Here on Pornography, The King Is Dead; Long Live The Smut Empire, Mobsters Skim New York City Sex Industry Profits, "Mobsters to state: You talkin' to us? [234] In October 2003, Truscello pled guilty to federal extortion charges. [190] In the plea deal both Perna and Michael Taccetta admitted they bribed or tried to bribe jurors in the 1988 trial against 20 members of the Lucchese family and the 1991 trial of John Riggi, the boss of the DeCavalcante crime family. Kerr, Gordon and Welch, Claire and Welch, Ian. [190] During the second trial both Thomas Ricciardi and Anthony Accetturo agreed to become Government witnesses; they testified against Perna and Taccetta. [136][186] On May 13, 1989, Pappadio and Avellino arrived at the bakery, when Pappadio entered he was ambushed by Al D'Arco who smashed him over the head with copper cable and then George Zappola shot him in the head killing him. He served as a capo, as the acting consigliere, and as the underboss on a ruling panel in the family. Her ex-husband asked a Lucchese crime family member to commit the assault, prosecutors say. [282] Federal Prosecutor's credit Gioia Jr. with providing information and testimony against at least 70 mobsters in the Lucchese and Genovese crime families. DeMeo and his caporegime Nino Gaggi decided to kill Brocchini in revenge and, knowing that they would never be given permission by the Lucchese family, decided to disguise Brocchini's murder as a robbery-gone-wrong. [162][163], On March 21, 1986, Migliore was indicted, along with Genovese family acting boss Anthony Salerno, Genovese family captains Vincent Cafaro, Vincent DiNapoli and Giuseppe Sabato, Genovese family members Louis DiNapoli, Carmine Della Cava and Thomas Cafaro, and Cleveland crime family members John Tronolone and Milton Rockman, Gambino family member Alphonse Mosca, and four businessmen, Edward J. Halloran, Nicholas Auletta, Alvin O. Chattin, and Richard Costa, on extortion and bid rigging charges. In 1964, Furnari became a caporegime. During the late '90s, Amuso's relationship with DeFede began to sour. [302] In 1997, Dicristifaro and Schwartz received life sentences, based on the testimony of Suppa and other witnesses. In 1993, Casso was also captured; however, in 1994 he struck a deal with the government to testify against Furnari and other family leaders. DeFede also estimated that a low ranking family soldier would make on average $50,000 per year. [130], Anthony "Buddy" Luongo was a former capo in the Harlem-Bronx faction. Amuso and Casso were reported to have ordered the murders of anyone who opposed them, even violating the mobs code by perpetrating violence against mobsters wives, children, and other relatives. On March 10, 1992, Lucchese associate Michael Spinelli shot Patricia Capozallo, Chiodo's sister, while she was driving in Bensonhurst. [201] On November 19, 1936, Rannelli was murdered outside of 235 East 107th Street, a building that was owned by Vincent Rao. [231] In late 2000, Tortorello died in a Kentucky prison. [125], Peter Joseph "Mr. [257] On March 7, 2019, Anthony Pandrella a Gambino family associate was indicted for murdering Zito. By 1943, the 19-year-old Furnari had already served two prison terms for armed robbery. [131][134][135] Luongo was buried somewhere in Canarsie, Brooklyn.[131][136]. [31] In 1981, Cavalieri was found guilty of criminal contempt and sentenced to 3 1/2 years in prison. [228], Anthony "Torty" Tortorello was a former capo of the "Prince Street crew". Bread" LoCascio (June 10, 1916 September 2, 1997) was a New York mobster involved in drug trafficker along with his older brother Carmine LoCascio. By collecting gasoline taxes from customers and then not paying them to the government, Balagula was making very large profits. [166] Former Lucchese mobster Alphonse D'Arco revealed that Vic Amuso was chosen as the new family boss and Migliore served as consigliere before being replaced by Anthony Casso when Migliore went to prison. [239][240], Angelo "Cheesecake" Urgitano was a former capo of the "Harlem crew". [108] The order to murder Facciola was given after Casso had received information from two NYPD police detectives Louis Eppolito and Stephen Caracappa on his payroll that Bruno Facciola was an informant. [155] However, the charges were dropped when the judge ruled that the crimes were covered under his 1986 plea agreement. Reportedly one of the most profitable of the Five Families, the Lucchese family controlled trade organizations, unions, and Idlewild Airport (now John F. Kennedy International Airport) in Queens, where in 1978 it perpetrated the Lufthansa heist, then the largest cash theft on American soil. [249], An associate of DiCarlo from Canarsie, Scott Cafaro, was also murdered by the DeMeo crew in February or March 1979 when the crew was hired by a rape victim's father to kill Cafaro, who had been acquitted of the rape in court. 19 members of the crime family were arrested, including "Paulie Roast Beef." NEW ROCHELLE, NY Nineteen members of the Lucchese crime family operating in New York City, including seven . He decided to plead guilty in return for a lighter sentence. Gagliano had been the underboss (second in command) of the crime family led by Gaetano (Tommy) Reina, a casualty of the Castellammarese War, murdered by Vito Genovese, who would go on to control another of the families. On September 24, 1951, he surrendered to federal authorities in New York City. They ushered in a violent new era, at one point trying to put out a hit on the entire New Jersey faction of the family, referred to as the whack Jersey order. ", Volkman, Ernest. [115], In 1996, Tortorello was arrested and charged with the murder and robbery of a Manhattan designer; he later took a plea deal and was sentenced to ten years in prison. Thomas (Tommy or Three-Finger Brown) Lucchese served as Gaglianos underboss until Gaglianos death (probably in 1951), at which time Lucchese was promoted, and the family took his name. The Pierre Hotel robbery stands as the largest unrecovered hotel robbery in history. [295] Salanardi reported to acting capo John "Johnny Sideburns" Cerrella and assisted in extorting the Hudson & McCoy Fish House restaurant in Freeport, Long Island. Balagula's days were numbered. [286] In July 2009, Kaplan died from prostate cancer. 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Anthony Salerno Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit Filed: September 24th, 1991. Furnari put Amuso and Casso in charge of a large bookmaking operation and debt collecting operation. [212][213] In 1933, he was one of the individuals arrested in New York City in connection with the murder of John Bazzano, who was the boss of the Pittsburgh crime family at the time. [300] In 1993, Suppa was indicted along with others on charges that they conspired to distribute up to 1,650 pounds of cocaine in the United States. [214] Other aliases of Russo listed by the FBN were: Mike Fedesco, Mike Partiro, Max Sender.[215]. Reina's murder was one of the . Petrilli met Joseph Valachi in Sing Sing prison in Ossining, New York. As capo Santoro operated out of East Harlem and the Bronx, controlling large heroin drug trafficking operations during the 1950s. [258], Peter "Fat Pete" Chiodo (19512016), was a former caporegime in the Lucchese family before becoming a government witness. United States Senate, One Hundredth Congress. [190] He was released from prison on July 31, 2015. [124] He worked with his brother Peter LoCascio, John Ormento, Sam Accardi, brothers Joseph and John Amici, Charles DeStefano, Charles Bracco, Salvatore Santoro, Joseph Marone and Charles Albero in various criminal rackets. Unlike some of the other families, whose ranks were wracked by turnovers in leadership and internal wars, the Lucchese family remained profitable, stable, and relatively peaceful until the 1980s. In 1989, Chiodo became a caporegime in charge of funneling payoffs from Local 580 of the Ironworkers' Union to the Lucchese leadership. Goldstock, Ronald. In 1967, family boss Thomas Lucchese died of a brain tumor, leaving the family to be run by an interim boss, Carmine "Mr. Gribbs" Tramunti. [49][50], Ralph "Raffie" Cuomo (1933 April 2008), also known as "Raffaele", was a soldier who owned Ray's Pizza on Prince Street between Elizabeth and Mott Streets in Little Italy. [49] The mobsters used Bingo World, a company operating bingo halls in several states, to launder the money. Lucchese then promoted Santoro to capo of the family's powerful Bronx faction. Lucchese Family For years, this family operated as a model organization under the fists of Tommy Gagliano and then Tommy Lucchese, longtime colleagues who paid their dues during the. [195], In February 1930, Gaetano Reina was murdered and boss Joseph Masseria backed Pinzolo to take control of the Reina family. [193][194], Bonaventura "Joseph" Pinzolo (1887 September 5, 1930), also known as "Fat Joe", was the boss of the family during 1930. [29] In 1980, Cavalieri and Thomas Mancuso were under investigation for corruption of Local 29 of Blasters, Miners and Drill runners Union. [154] In 1995, Manzo was charged with racketeering for extorting $2 million in payoffs from cement company owner John Quadrozzi over a 13-year period, between 1978 and 1991. 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