The Five Families emerged at the end of the Castellammarese War, a Mafia power struggle in the early 1930s named for the Sicilian hometown of many of the participants. Joseph "Little Joe" DeFede (1934 July 15, 2012) was a former New York City mobster and acting boss of the Lucchese crime family who eventually turned informant. [61] In 1995, Cutaia was indicted for extortion, loan sharking, and racketeering; in 1996, he pled guilty to extortionate extensions of credit and was sentenced to thirty months in prison. 1980-1983 [22] Caravaggio was overseeing operations in Northern Jersey, especially in Morris County. [62][57] In 2002, Cutaia was indicted on loan sharking charges; he pled guilty and was sentenced to two years and three years of supervised probation upon his release. [288] In May 2019, government witness Pennisi testified in the trial against Eugene Castelle and revealed the current leadership of the crime family. [282] Federal Prosecutor's credit Gioia Jr. with providing information and testimony against at least 70 mobsters in the Lucchese and Genovese crime families. Casso gave these instructions to Balagula, "Send word to Vladimir that you have his money, that he should come to the club tomorrow. [88] Furnari was indicted as a result of a Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) probe that used undercover surveillance and bugging techniques against the mob leaders. Lucchese then promoted Santoro to capo of the family's powerful Bronx faction. He opted to break his blood oath and become a government witness, by his own account, to protect his family. [290] In 1928, after Valachi was released from prison Petrilli introduced him to Girolama "Bobby Doyle" Santucci and Tom Gagliano. [168][169], In 1991, Migliore's conviction was overturned and he was released from prison. The arrests were made following a four-month undercover police investigation of New York's major pornography distributors.[14]. Get a Britannica Premium subscription and gain access to exclusive content. [12] He died on December 3, 1977. Origins. The body displayed several gunshot wounds to the head. [51] He was released from prison on May 24, 2002. Marshals Service, their assets having been depleted by legal bills and the cost of creating new identities. The Lucchese family originally bore the name Gagliano for Thomas (Tommy) Gagliano, who was named the boss of one of the Five Families. [226] Testa was sentenced to two years in prison and after his release joined the Lucchese crime family. Chiodo received 12 bullet wounds in the arms, legs, and torso, but survived the attack. 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Meanwhile, we will send word out that from now on you and your people are with the Lucchese family. [200], After the Pinzolo murder, Rannelli began working with Salvatore Maranzano's Brooklyn Castellammarese clan. The Lucchese crime family is an organized crime family based out of New York that is a part of the Mafia or Cosa Nostra. [224] On January 13, 1987, Santoro was sentenced to 100 years in prison and fined $250,000. He wanted Casso to take over as capo of the 19th Hole crew, but Casso declined and endorsed Amuso instead. [290] In 1942, Petrilli was convicted on narcotic charges and was deported to Italy. [287], John Pennisi is a former soldier who is currently in witness protection. We'll take care of the rest. [34][35] He helped Graziano start a professional boxing career and throughout the following years was viewed as a de facto boxing manager. By the fall of 1986, Corallo realized that he, Santoro and Furnari would not only be convicted, but were facing sentences that would all but assure they would die in prison. In 1991, Pagliarulo served as a member of a panel that conducted a Lucchese crime family induction ceremony in Howard Beach, Queens. [11] On July 21, 1964, Accardi was convicted on narcotics conspiracy and skipping bail. Other criminal pursuits were gambling and narcotics trafficking, including involvement with a major smuggling operation that was responsible for millions of dollars worth of heroin being imported into the U.S. He lived in Beverly Hills and was a narcotics dealer active in Los Angeles and the West Coast. In 1994, Amuso was convicted of federal racketeering and murder charges and sent to prison for life. Salvatore T. "Tom Mix" Santoro, Sr. (November 18, 1915 [216] January 2000)[217] served as underboss in the Lucchese crime family during the 1980s before being convicted in the Mafia Commission Trial and sentenced to 100 years in federal prison. [297] Salanardi was released from prison on October 29, 2012. [301] In December 1996, Suppa, along with his son Anthony Suppa, Joseph Marino, David Deatherage and Steven Cassone, testified against Fabio Dicristifaro and Irving Schwartz in the case of the murder of Joseph Martino. He began his criminal career working for the Gaglianos in East Harlem. [268], Chiodo provided valuable evidence that helped convict both Amuso and Casso as well as many other gangsters. According to Casso, "After that, Marat didn't have any problems with other Russians."[96]. His father George Argiri Frango left his home town of Kardamyla on Chios, Greece in 1905 as a crewman on a ship. 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. [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. However, after the Jaguar came with a new engine and new filter, Federal Bureau of Investigation agents planted a bug in it, and listened in to Corallo's conversations with Santoro, mostly about the profit from the labor and construction racketeering operations in the Bronx, where they extorted unions and had influence in the construction industry. [3] He moved to Margate, New Jersey and served as a liaison between families in New Jersey until 1989 when he retired from Mafia affairs. [140] In 1992, he died from natural causes. His testimony at 16 trials helped convict of a score of associates, including Amuso in 1992 and two NYPD detectives in 2005 who were accused of moonlighting as hit men for the family. 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. [237][238] Truscello died during the trial in July 2018. [274] In 1974, Frankos murdered Lucchese associate Richard Bilello. Jacobs, James B., Coleen Friel and Robert Radick. Vol. The charges included extortion and labor racketeering within the construction industry and murder for hire of former Bonanno crime family boss Carmine "Lilo" Galante. The Pierre Hotel robbery stands as the largest unrecovered hotel robbery in history. [74] He also worked with Thomas Gambino, the son of Carlo Gambino and son-in-law of Thomas Lucchese, in extorting businesses in the Garment District. He acquired the nickname "Tom Mix" because in his younger years he closely resembled the Dutch-German-American western film actor by that name.[218]. In 1951 or 1953, longtime boss Tommy Gagliano died. New Jersey Casinos Exclusion: Domenico Cutaia, harvnb error: no target: CITEREFCarlo2008 (, harvnb error: no target: CITEREFFriedman2000 (. Anthony DiLapi (February 9, 1936 February 4, 1990), also known as "Blue Eyes over the Bridges" or "Fat Anthony", was a soldier. [204] On his mother's side, Rao was a distant relative to Tommaso Gagliano. Joseph "Joe" Abate (July 8, 1902 1994) was a capo in the family's New Jersey faction. [106] After becoming a government witness, Gioia Jr. had testified against 60 defendants. in English from Southeast Missouri State University and an M.A. [180] On October 25, 1988, Sarecho Nalo was murdered, while on the phone with Greek crew boss Spiro Velentzas disputing gambling territory when Michael Spinelli pulled the trigger shotting him. [209] During the early 1970s, Rao retired. On November 12, 1953, Coco was sentenced to life in prison. They would come into conflict with an accomplished . Richard "Richie the Toupe" Pagliarulo (November 30, 1948 1999) was a hit man and former capo, who took over as capo of Peter Chiodo's old Bensonhurst crew. His son Salvatore Cutaia is a member of the crew. Chiodo stated that he had undergone a "transformation" from a violent criminal to a man with a conscience. [208] At the same time the longtime boss Thomas Lucchese had become ill and Rao was thought of as a suitable successor. [108] On August 24, 1990, Frank Lastorino, Louie Daidone and Richard Pagliarulo murdered Bruno Facciola. Capozallo suffered wounds to the arm, back and neck but survived. [1] In the 1920s, Abate served as an enforcer for Al Capone in Chicago before settling in New Jersey. In July 1908, Pinzolo was arrested for trying to bomb 314 East 11th Street in an effort to force owner Francisco Spinelli to pay Black Hand extortion demands. [87] Lucchese's real successor, Anthony "Tony Ducks" Corallo, was convicted of bribery in 1967 and sentenced in 1968 to prison for two years. The State Investigation Commission charged in 1970 that his pornography businesses had grossed $1.5 million a year. [143] On August 14, 1968, Mancuso was indicted on narcotics charges; convicted on March 26, 1969 and sentenced to 1 year in prison. D'Arco defected on September 21, 1991, and became a government witness. [201] In 1930, Reina was murdered, and boss of bosses Joe Masseria appointed his ally Joe Pinzolo as the new boss of the Reina family. [117] It was later revealed by government informant Frank Gioia Jr. that Lastorino was ordered by Anthony Casso to murder Patrick Testa on December 2, 1992. [59] While working for capo Paul Vario, Cutaia also controlled some illegal gambling operations and had control of the carpenters union local in Brooklyn. [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. The Boriello murder was allegedly performed with the assistance of Louis Eppolito and Stephen Caracappa. [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. 'Fear City' on Netflix: What Happened to the Leaders of the - Newsweek United States Senate, One Hundredth Congress. He was then convicted of numerous crimesincluding racketeering, extortion, murder, and conspiracy to commit murderand sentenced to 455 years in prison. from DePaul University. Mafia in Our Midst - azcentral Corallo used his Jaguar with a phone inside and talked to mostly Santoro on the phone while he was driving around in New York with his chauffeur Aniello Migliore. He made payments to Falco, Coco and Nash, and described Coco as the leader of a loan-sharking ring. Docket Number: 90-1311", "United States v. Migliore Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit Filed: November 4th, 1996. List of past Lucchese crime family mobsters - Wikipedia Born and raised in Corona, Queens, he was arrested as a 17-year-old along with four other youths for carrying out a series of burglaries that robbed eight businesses in north Queens of $26,000 during a week-long spree in 1950. On December 2, 1992, Testa was murdered, shot in the back of the head nine times. By 1943, the 19-year-old Furnari had already served two prison terms for armed robbery. He served as consigliere during the 1960s. FOX 10's Lindsey Ragas reports. [145] He served as a union delegate in the United Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners of America, controlled Local 295 and owned two trucking companies: LVF Air Cargo, Inc., and LVF Airport Service Inc. at JFK Airport. [272] On July 15, 2012, DeFede died from a heart attack. Furnari now enjoyed enormous influence both within his own family, the other New York families, and crime families from other US cities. On August 24, he was sentenced to fifteen years of imprisonment and a $16,000 fine. Lucchese Crime Family - History of New York City - Seton Hall University Amuso and Casso were both in hiding due to the Windows case. In early 1990, Vic Amuso and Anthony Casso ordered D'Arco to kill Anthony DiLapi, a soldier who was in hiding. [33] In late 1967, Anthony "Tony Ducks" Corallo went to Florida and met with Coco. [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. [291][292] On December 9, 1953, he was murdered in a bar on East 183rd Street in the Bronx by three gunmen. Andimo "Tony Noto" Pappadio was a former member of who controlled the Lucchese family's garment district racket. The Lucchese family is deemed the smallest of the five crime families with 100 members but is not the weakest. [6] In 1994, Joseph Abate died of natural causes. [130], Anthony "Buddy" Luongo was a former capo in the Harlem-Bronx faction. No one will bother you. Friel, Coleen and Raddick, Robert. Mafia Family Leadership Charts | About The Mafia [247], DiCarlo was ordered killed by his capo after molesting a boy whose family had connections to the Luccheses, and the murder contract was given to Gambino family soldier Roy DeMeo. 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On November 19, 1986, Furnari was convicted on all counts, including the Galante murder. [71] Valachi later revealed he recruited brothers Joseph and Pasquale Pagano and Fiore Siano to carry out the hit. ", "Justice Story: How 'French Connection' heroin went missing from NYPD Property Clerk's Office: $70 million drug theft rocked city police department in 1972", "Further Developments in the 'French Connection' Case", "United States of America, Appellee, v. Vincent Papa, Defendant-Appellant (Argued September 23, 1975. He got the nickname "The Gap" after losing two front teeth in a childhood fight. [221] On January 7, 1952, after pleading guilty to narcotics charges, a judge labeled Santoro as a "bad fellow" and sentenced him to four years in prison.[222]. Casso gave the contract to acting boss Alphonse 'Little Al' D'Arco. In 1991, Gioia Jr. was inducted into the Lucchese crime family in a ceremony held in Howard Beach, Queens. Just before the hit, he told D'Arco that he'd gotten word that "you and I are going to be killed and hurt".[264]. Chiodo realized that the government's case was so solid that he would likely die in prison if convicted. He was . He died during the early 1970s. In 1979, Abate went into semiretirement and Accetturo succeed him as boss of the New . In 1987, Chiodo became a made man in the Lucchese family in a ceremony held in an apartment over a funeral home in Queens. [195], In February 1930, Gaetano Reina was murdered and boss Joseph Masseria backed Pinzolo to take control of the Reina family. [296] In March 2006, Salanardi was sentenced to 11 years and three months in prison. [183] In 1977, Papa was stabbed to death in prison. He was alleged to be a partner and associate of Ellsworth Johnson, although this never was confirmed. 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Anthony Salerno Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit Filed: September 24th, 1991. Some of Michael Russo's other associates were: Vito Genovese, Joe Profaci, Joe Magliocco, Charles Tourine Sr., and former friends in the old Newark family: Andrew Lombardino and Emanuel Cammarata, by then both Colombo members. [74] On February 4, 1990, he shot DiLapi to death in his Hollywood, California apartment building's underground garage. [126] LoCascio would frequent been seen in the Lower East Side and Little Italy in Manhattan. [161] Migliore as a capo represented the family's interest in Northberry Concrete, a Brooklyn-based contractor and member of the New York City's Concrete club. The Five Crime Families of New York City: Inside the Rise and Fall of In the early 1960s, when the FBN was compiling Mafia members, Russo, already in semi-retirement, was listed as living at 105 Ridgely Avenue, Iselin, New Jersey. Reznikov pushed a 9mm Beretta handgun against Balagula's skull and demanded $600,000 and a percentage of Balagula's rackets. Casso was captured in 1993. [259] He was known as "Fat Pete" because of his enormous girth400lb (180kg) to 500lb (230kg), depending on the source. [181] Papa grew up in Astoria, Queens and owned a tire company in the neighborhood. [13] On April 20, 1972, Brocchini was among twelve people linked to the Lucchese, Colombo and DeCavalcante families indicted on charges of wholesale promotion of obscene material. Patrick Louis "Patty" Testa (March 11, 1957 December 2, 1992) was a soldier. [198] The office was leased by Tommy Lucchese four months earlier. [54], According to investigator Robert Anglen, a Phoenix, Arizona real estate developer, the individual known as Frank Capri is really former mob informant Frank Gioia Jr. [241][242] Urgitano was raised between Pleasant Avenue and 114th Street, keeping his father's nickname "Cheesecake" and eventually became a made member in the Lucchese family. Capeci, Jerry. [303], This article is about past and inactive members who have been killed, died or became informants of the, List of past Lucchese crime family mobsters, "Graziano Breaks A Sports Scandal". [124] In the 1940s, LoCascio was identified as a major heroin drug trafficker. 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. [190] On August 13, 1993, Perna convicted in the first trial. [191] Perna and Michael Taccetta were sentenced to twenty-five years each. [92], It didn't take long for word on the street to reach the Russian underworld: Marat Balagula was paying off the Italians; Balagula was a punk; Balagula had no balls. [295] He began cooperating with the government, and continued to collect money from a loanshark debt and was dropped from the witness protection program. However, in 2001, the Bureau of Prisons National Appeal Board ruled that Furnari was a multiple murderer and was not eligible for parole, based on what some people considered to be Casso's discredited testimony. [255], Vincent Zito (December 18, 1940 October 26, 2018)[256] was a former associate to the Lucchese family. [91] According to one former associate, The LCN reminded Marat of the apparatchiks in the Soviet Union. [30][31] On November 4, 1987 Cavalieri died of natural causes.[29]. [214] Other aliases of Russo listed by the FBN were: Mike Fedesco, Mike Partiro, Max Sender.[215]. [28] Alfonso is a blood relative to Genovese capo Augustino "Crazy Augie" Cataldo and Genovese soldier Pete "Scarface" Cataldo. [2] In 1979, Abate went into semiretirement and Accetturo succeed him as boss of the New Jersey faction. In 2013, Pennisi was made into the Lucchese family in a secret initiation ceremony in a basement of a Staten Island home by acting boss Matthew Madonna and capo John Castellucci. [156] He was recruited into the Lucchese family by capo Joseph Laratro, who controlled illegal gambling operations in Corona, Queens. [201], Vincenzo "Vincent" John Rao (June 21, 1898 Palermo, Sicily September 25, 1988),[202] also known as Vincent or Vinny, was a former Consigliere in the family. Accardi emigrated to the U.S. shortly before World War I and associated with mobsters Joseph Sica, Willie Moretti, Joe Adonis and Abner Zwillman. [280] Giannini was arrested on counterfeiting charges in Italy but the charges were dropped and he moved back to New York. 6. Brocchini, who was known as an enforcer, later became involved primarily in loansharking and gambling. They are one of the "Five Families" and have a seat on the mafia's Commission. He was sentenced to death on the murder counts. [284] The indictment charged Capri with the financial failure of Toby Keith and Rascal Flatts branded restaurants. Furnari persuaded Corallo that either Amuso or Casso should become the new boss. [233] In September 2002, Truscello and Steven Crea were indicted on information supplied by Joseph Defede, who became a government witness in February. Pinzolo may have been responsible for Reina's murder, although the most widely suspected culprit for that crime was Vito Genovese. Between 1969 and 1972, New York Police Department detectives James Farley, Joseph Nunziata, Frank King and others were paid by Papa to steal approximately $70 million in confiscated narcotics (heroin) from the New York City Police Property Clerk's office in Lower Manhattan. [106] He sponsored both Gregory "Whitey" Cappello and Jody Calabrese for membership during the ceremony. In July 2000, the Third Circuit Federal Court of Appeals ruled that the parole board officials had been denying Furnari's parole eligibility on the tainted assertions of mob turncoat Casso. Mobbed up: Lower Hudson Valley's historical ties to La Cosa Nostra [11] Accardi later moved to Toronto, Canada, to oversee this operation. Subscribe to About The Mafia 's weekly newsletter to get the latest organized crime news . 'SOPRANOS' Say mobsters put bite on restaurant", "Federal Bureau of Prisons: Inmate Locator "Vincent Salanardi", "Jailed Mob Associates Help Convict Men Accused Of Murder", "Pair Get Life Terms In Murder -Reputed Mobsters Also Serving Time For Drugs", New York Times: Ex-Crime Boss Testifies In Gotti Trial, New York Times: Former Crime Boss Testifies, New York Times: Guilty Plea In Mafia Case, New York Times: Reputed Crime Boss Enters a Guilty Plea, New York Times: After Mob, Joe DeFede, Ex-Crime Boss, Is Scraping By, Federal Bureau of Prisons Inmate Locator Website, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=List_of_past_Lucchese_crime_family_mobsters&oldid=1142781402. His chance to become the new boss never came to fruition due to his trials. [54], Former Lucchese capo turned government informant Peter Chiodo, admitted that he ordered soldiers Pagliarulo and Michael "Baldy Mike" Spinelli to murder Lucchese associate Sarecho "Sammy the Arab" Nalo. [289] During Pennisi's testimony, he revealed that the Lucchese family operates with a total of seven crews two in The Bronx, two on Long Island, one in Manhattan, one in New Jersey and one in Brooklyn/Staten Island. Let us know if you have suggestions to improve this article (requires login). [106] In the late 1980s, the family's consigliere Christopher Furnari put Lastorino in charge of the Lucchese family's portion of a bootleg gasoline scheme with Russian mobster Marat Balagula. [74] Casso ordered Burton Kaplan to use two NYPD detectives on his payroll, Louis Eppolito and Stephen Caracappa, to track down DiLapi. [255] In the attack, Telvi had burned himself badly on the right side of his face and neck with some of the acid that splashed on him. Balagula's days were numbered. In 1955, Accardi was arrested on a federal narcotics charge in Newark, New Jersey. He bought a home on City Island Avenue in City Island, Bronx.[223]. Eventually, Vittorio (Little Vic) Amuso took over as boss, and Anthony (Gaspipe) Casso became underboss. The Lucchese family controlled the trucking industry (which it sometimes used to manipulate other businesses by limiting their shipping options) and the garment industry in New York, often in association with Carlo Gambino. [115] In 1993, Gioia Jr., along with George Zappola and Frank Papagni, plotted to have Steven Crea killed. The next day, Reznikov arrived at Balagula's nightclub to pick up his money. On November 19, 1986, Santoro and the other defendants were convicted on all counts. Five Families | Overview, NYC, Godfather, Mafia, & Facts [276] According to Frankos's story, Hoffa was lured by his close friend Chuckie O'Brien to a house owned by Detroit mobster Anthony Giacolone.