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Revisiting an Old Neighborhood

February 5, 2012
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Crime writer Megan Abbot looks back at Pleasant Avenue in East Harlem, once the stomping ground for Genovese boss Anthony "Fat Tony" Salerno. David Durk and Ira Silverman wrote in their 1976 exposé The Pleasant Avenue Connection, "If you knew the right people, you could go there at three in the morning and borrow...

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Reputed Genovese Associate Owes $18,000

January 12, 2012
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Reputed Genovese crime family associate John “Johnny Pizza” Porcello who owns a pizzeria in the Bronx, hence the nickname, was hit with a forfeiture order totaling more than $18,000 by the feds. When FBI agents arrested him last year on mob racketeering charges, they discovered that he was carrying on him a wad of...

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Reputed Genovese Capo Lucks Out

January 11, 2012
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Reputed capo Anthony “Rom” Romanello, 74, who was facing a gun charge got lucky when a cooperating witness for the feds had a heart attack over the weekend while prosecutors were prepping him for the gangster’s trial. After Judge Leo Glasser adjourned the trial, prosecutors offered Romanello a deal — dropping a serious firearm...

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Reputed Genovese Associate Convicted For Food Fight

January 7, 2012
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Food caterer and reputed Genovese associate Frank DiMattina has been convicted on gun and extortion charges after threatening Walter Bowers, a rival vendor to withdraw his bid on a lunch contract for St. Joseph by-the-Sea High School. DiMattina faces a minimum of five years behind bars to a maximum of 20 years when sentenced in...

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Reputed Mob Associate Caught On Tape

December 20, 2011
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Officials say Frank “Frankie D” DiMattina, reputed Genovese crime-family associate and reality-star wannabe, was caught on tape by a security camera breaking a rival caterer’s windows. Federal prosecutors plan to use DiMattina’s film debut as new evidence in their extortion case against the 43-year-old alleged mob associate. DiMattina's attorney is expected to argue that...

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Garbage Mobster, Mob Scene

December 14, 2011
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According to a report by the New Jersey State Commission of Investigation reputed Mafia don Joseph "Uncle Joe" Ligambi, who is awaiting trial on racketeering charges in Philadelphia, is a "garbage mobster." addGooglePlusOne(11540, "http://newenglandorganizedcrime.com/garbage-mobster-mob-scene/");

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Trial Set For Emilio Fusco

December 13, 2011
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April 16, 2012 is the trial date set by a Manhattan federal judge for the extradited Emilio Fusco in the 2003 murders of Genovese capo Adolfo Bruno and mob associate Gary Westerman in Springfield, MA. The pair were reportedly hit over concerns they were talking to the feds. Fusco fought extradition proceedings in Italy but...

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Western Massachusetts And The Mob

December 11, 2011
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Since the days of Prohibition the New York-based Genovese crime family has controlled the underworld in Springfield, MA. Beginning in 1919, Springfield's Carlo Sinischalchi was labeled "King of the Bootleggers," but less than a year later he was shot and killed. Widow, Pasquelina Sinischalchi, inherited the business and married Antonio Miranda, a close ally of...

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Staffing Against NY Mob Dangerously Low

December 10, 2011
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Is the N.Y. FBI allocating far too little to fight the five Organized Crime Families? The answer is a definite Yes, according to a story by mob expert Jerry Capeci, editor of Gang Land News. The site reports that the number of agents investigating New York wiseguys is at an all time low. One...

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NJ commission: Organized Crime Still in Waste Hauling

December 7, 2011
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The New Jersey State Commission of Investigation concluded that the Genovese crime family still has its hands in the state's waste industry with the local DeCavalcante family. "the report details how members of the Genovese and DeCavalcante crime families, and others, used a web of deceit to conceal their identities and trick the state: phony front companies,...

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