Bosses
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Salvatore D'Aquila
(?-1928)
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Regarded by the outside as a cheese importer, "Toto" D'Aquila was the second capo de tutti capi after the incarceration of Joseph Morello of the Morello Family in 1910. He was part of the Moustache Pete era and little is known of him. He was murdered in Brooklyn in October 1928 on orders of Joe Masseria. His death along with Tom Reina were two major contributing factors to the Castellamerese Wars. |
Al Mineo
(1928-1930)
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Al was the original head of the family. He was a wartime counselor for Joe Masseria in the
Castellammarese War. He was shot and killed in 1930 during an attempt to kill Masseria.
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Frank Scalise
(1930-1931)
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Frank Scalise was a prominent member in the Gambino family for many years and after the Castellamarese War he was appointed the head of the family. However, with the demise of Salvatore Maranzano and the strength of Lucky Luciano on the "Commission", he was forced to step down as the head of the family. He was assassinated in 1946 when he was the underboss.
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Vicent Mangano (1931-1951)
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A most influential member in the family who was very respected.
He was the chairman of the "Commission" from the time of Lucky Luciano's conviction until his death. Maybe I should say his disappearance. He was conspired against by Frank Costello,
Albert Anastasia, and Tommy Lucchese. In 1951 he disappeared, never to be found.
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Albert Anastasia (1951-1957)
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With the disappearance of Mangano, Anastasia became the head. He was a very violent and ruthless leader. He was known as "Lord High Executioner of Murder Inc.", before he was the boss. Soon, it came very close to wartime when Anastasia squared off against Vito Genovese and Tommy Lucchese. Anastasia's reign and life ended in a barber shop when he was murdered in 1957.
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Gambino, the namesake of the family, was not known as a man with great strength. However, he
was a very cunning man. He was one of the greatest bosses of all time, if not the most successful. He made as much (if
not more) than any other father, and was never brought down. The authorities could not get to him,
nor did anyone in the life get to him. He died in 1976 of natural causes.
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"Big" Paul took over for Carlo Gambino in 1976 after Gambino's death. Paul would
become the leader of the most powerful family and assume the name as the Boss of Bosses until
his assassination in 1985 by John Gotti.
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"Teflon" Don made his debut in 1985 when he murdered Paul Castellano to become the father of the
Gambino Family. As perhaps the most
popular gangster of all time next to Al Capone, John Gotti was a man who loved his public. He liked
to talk and smile. It was thought Gotti was almost impossible to convict, after a few major
indictments failed. However, in 1992, "Teflon" Don was convicted and sent to jail for life. Although he said he would run his Family from the can, since he
got solitary confinement, the Commission basically forced him to retire in 1996.
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John Gotti, Jr. (1997-Present)
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"Junior" ended up becoming official boss, after Nicky Corozzo and his pals, the more likely successors to his dad, plead guilty on racketeering charges. He had been the acting boss since 1992 and noone really wanted him to succeed his dad, but their really is noone else left. Succession of bosses is not supposed to by blood, which was precisely what Gotti Sr. was mad about when Carlo Gambino made his cousin Paul Castellano his successor. Young Gotti is involved in scams on Wall Street and unlike his dad with flashy suits, he wears sweatshirts and jogging shoes. At 33, Junior now heads America's most infamous crime Family that numbers around 200 "made" members. In 1999, Junior plead guilty too racketeering charges are was sentanced to six years. A new boss as not yet been named. |
Underbosses
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Joseph "Joe Bandy" Biondo (1957-1965)
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Joe Biondo was a native of Sicily that engaged in bootlegging in NYC during the Prohibition era. Afterwards, with the end of Prohibition, Biondo began to enter the illegal field of labor racketeering within the cab industry. Throughout his career he would be arrest and was rarely convicted on charges of murder, extortion and narcotics trafficking. He was even known to travel to Italy to see the deported Charles Luciano and oversee shipments of drugs.With Carlo Gambino's rise, after the 1957 murder of Albert Anastasia,he chose Biondo as his underboss. Biondo had appeared faithful to Anastasia but really had conspired with Gambino. The dual structure of Gambino and Biodno worked liked this: a portion of the crews reported and paid tribute to Gambino while another side did the same to Biondo. Rumors circulatedthat Biondo was getting a larger cut from the rackets and not reporting it to Gambino. Needless to say this didnt rest well with Gambino. He probably would have reacted then but was wanting to build his illegal enterpriseand let the matter pass.This all changed in early 1965. An illegally planted FBI bug had overheard New Jersey boss Simone "Sam" DeCavalcante discussing how Biondo had managed to grab a piece of a New Jersey garbage dump. This was completely unknown to Gambino. Later DeCavalcante, a Gambino ally, reported the matter to Gambino. Months later the same bug reported DeCavalcante saying that Biondo was no longer the underboss. Biondo would fade away from the family and die in obcurity. He was replaced by Anastasia/Gambino capo (captain) Aniello Dellacroce. |
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Aniello Dellacroce was the underboss under Carlo Gambino and Paul Castellano. He was known to be the enforcer of the family. He and his crew did all the dirty work and in this way Aniello comanded a great amount of power within the family. He is also notable because of his relationship with Mr. John Gotti. He practically brought Gotti up out of the gutter and eventually promoted him to replace Charlie Wagons as a capo.
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Frank DeCicco became the Underboss of the Gambino Family after Paul Castellano was killed in 1985. He was a well respected man since the 1950s when he was "made". He would help with the killing of Big Paul and for that, he would become Underboss. But on April 13, 1986, DeCicco was blown up in a car by a bomb. Vincent Gigante, boss of the Genovese Family, was said to have ordered it. |
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With the bombing death of Gotti's underboss Frankie DeCiccio and the
imprisonments of long time consiligere Joe N. Gallo and capo Joseph "Joe
Piney" Armone, Gravano moved into Gallo's role on an acting basis and
Francis "Frankie Loc" Locasio of the Bronx borough as underboss. Eventually
Gravano and Locasio would switch roles and assume leadership duties as Gotti
battled the legal system.
Gravano's role would be short lived. In December 1990, FBI agents an
indictment violating nineteen counts of the RICO Act, Gotti, Gravano, and
Locasio were arrested at the Ravenite Social Club in NYC's Little Italy. All
three were housed in the Manhattan Metropolitan Correctional Facility. After
hearing secretly planted audio tapes in which Gotti berated Gravano and
Gotti's subsequent lack of apology: Gravano became a government witness.
Gravano's testimony would lead to the conviction of Gotti, Locasio and
guilty pleas/convictions of dozens of mobsters.
Gravano served five years for admitting a role in nineteen murders and
co-authored his best-selling biography "Underboss" with Peter Maas. As of
199, Gravano has left the Witness Protection Program, divorced, resumed his
legal name and lives somewhere in the United States.
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Consigliere
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Joe N. Gallo (1957-1987)
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If one thinks of the role as consigliere, one must consider long time counselor to the Gambino LCN Family Joe N. Gallo and his long reign as third in command. Gallo pre-dates the rise of the organization's name sake founder Carlo Gambino and was selected as the consigliere after Albert Anastasia's murder in 1957. Gallo served this role from 1957 to 1987, under three bosses, and was nearly untouchable.Gallo's position was to act as intermediary between soldiers and the boss. Gallo, when he wasn't busy ironing out grievances, earned a major numbers racketeer and loanshark. Gallo was quite comfortable dressing rather simple, often donning jeans, and would hold court in Sperazza's Luncheonette which was in Astoria, Queens.While under boss Paul "Big Paul" Castellano, Gallo sponsored a pint sized lunatic named Thomas "T.A." Agro for membership. Gallo who was once proud of Agro's ability to earn, would later regret ever meeting him and this would be his downfall. Agro, whose capo (captain) was Joseph "Joe Piney" Armone, would have his south Florida operation come back and haunt him. Gallo would not go unscathed either.In late December of 1985, Gallo served briefly as acting boss when Castellano was murdered by a crew lead by John "Dapper Don" Gotti.Gallo, who undoubtly was behind the murder by giving his okay, was waiting for Gotti to make his formal announcement as new head of the Gambino LCN Family. Gallo would then settle on his role as consigliere and slowly became bitter at the conditions of the American Mafia. For all of Gallo's complaints about disloyalty, he was instrumental in breaking the rules regarding an "unsanctioned" murders of bosses and members. Gallo's lack of protest allowed Gotti to become boss and the eventual present day fall of the Gambino LCN Family.Gallo had previously warned FBI agents about arresting him. Gallo claimed, that if arrested he would fall victim to a heart attack and die on the spot. Instead, during his 1986 arrest, Gallo pouted and protested with profanity as he was being hauled away. Actually, the FBI agents had come prepared with an ambulance and sat in disbelief at Gallo's tyrades.In 1987, Gallo bitter about his legacy, was sentenced to 10 years for bribery and his role as consigliere effectively ended. Much of the evidence in his trial had been provided by Agro associate Joseph "Joe Dogs" Ianuzzi. John Gotti, "out of respect", kept Gallo as the "official consigliere" and would allow Salvatore "Sammy the Bull" take his place on an acting basis. Later, Gravano would switch with then underboss Francis "Frankie Loc" Locasio regarding the roles as counselor of the Gambino LCN Family. Gallo, who had one of the longest criminal careers with little if any jail time, died behind bars in 1992.
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It wasnt until the rise of boss John "Dapper Don"
Gotti that Francis Locasio first came to the attention of the FBI. Locasio would
become a capo under Gotti and be asked to fill in the vacated spot as
underboss. In time Salvatore "Sammy the Bull" Gravano would be switched as
consilgiere to underboss. Locasio would settle in as official consilgiere or
counselor to the family.
Locasio's role called for him to meet with other families if need be and
iron out any grievances between or within crews of the Gambinos. In many
ways he followed former long-time deceased counselor for the Gambinos Joe N.
Gallo to a "T".
His role would last as long as Gotti's reign. In 1992 Gotti and Locasio were
sentenced to life in prison. Locasio is serving time in the Federal
Pennitentary in Terre Haute, Indiana. Afterwards, many within NYC's five
families were disgusted by how Gotti had left Locasio and Gravano exposed
with his public nature. Locasio barely mentions a word on the hundreds of
hours of secret FBI recordings of Gotti's Ravenite Social Club. Locasio's
son Salvatore (Tore) is said to be a capo within the Gambino family.
Recently, Tore was sentenced to five months for income tax evasion (1998).
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Caporegimes
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Nino was a gangster who hoped to become big. However, he was stopped by the demise of Paul Castellano.
He was the man in charge of Roy DeMeo who made a lot of money for the Gambino's.
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Thomas "Tommy" Gambino (1980s-Present)
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Thomas (Tommy) Gambino is a college educated capo in his father's namesake
family. He is married to Gaetono (Tommy,Three Finger Brown) Luchesse's
daughter and help solidfy Carlo's Gambino's control of the NYC ruling
Commission. Luchesse gave young Tommy control of the NYC Garment District.
It was through this that Gambino was able to dominate the trucking and
shipping of clothing. This would lead to him becoming a multimillionare and
living on NYC's Parke Avenue.
Besides engaging in labor-racketeering, Gambino once had a Connecticut-based
crew that specialized in gambling and loansharking. Gambino is considered to
favor non-violence and very accustomed in the ways of La Cosa Nostra. He was
actually selected to become boss of the family if Paul (Big Paul) Castellano
was sent away as a result of the Commission Trial of 1986. This never
occurred because Castellano was gunned down and John (Dapper Don) Gotti
assumed the role.
In 1990, Gambino was indicted along with Gotti and others. He was allowed a
seperate trial which resulted in being sentenced to five years and a 25
million dollar fine. He and brother Joe also agreed to no longer engage in
short haul trucking. Gambino began serving his sentence in 1996. In 1999, he
and brother along with relatives filed a multi-million dolllar law suit
against a stock brokerage firm on charges of fraud.
It is not certain wether he will serve as boss of his father's family.
The landscape has been changed dramatically.
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Peter Gotti (1980s-Present)
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Peter Gotti is the brother of John Gotti. He is serves as a capo and
recently is a part of a governing board for the Gambino family (1998-99).
Other members that assisted in his nephew's reign were capos Jackie DAmico,
Nick Corozza,and Joe Acuri. All but Gotti were recently sentenced to as much
as 10 years to as little as 1 year.
Pete Gotti was acquitted in the 1986 Windows Case. It involved three other
families of NYC (Genovese,Colombo,Luchesse)in which they attempted to
control window replacements in NYC public housing.
According to authorities, it is very unlikely that Pete will become boss,
and is seen as uncapable for such position. Although out of three "made"
Gotti brothers (John,Pete,Gene), he is only that has not been convicted of a
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Nicholas "Little Nick" Corozza (1960s-Present)
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Nicholas "Little Nick" Corozza was once considered the heir to the Gambino
throne. In fact,imprisoned boss John Gotti had gave his blessing and wished
him well. Corozza is said to have made millions from gambling rackets.In
1996 he was slapped with an indictment in Florida and New York forviolating
the RICO Act. Oddly, his conviction calls for him to serve bothsentences
concurrently. In August 1998 Corozza was sentenced to 8 years and he had
expected much more. It is not certain wether, once released, if he will take
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Pasquale "Patsy" Conte (1970s-Present)
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Pasquale "Patsy" Conte is a Sicilian born capo who has served underbosses
Paul Castellano and John Gotti. He was the Gambino's "link" to the Queens
based Gianni crew. His rackets were primarily in heroin trafficking. In
1993, he plead guilty and began serving 6-7 year term for the murder
conspiracy of Gambino member Louie DiBono; DiBono was murdered in October
1990. He is expected to be realeased in 2000. He is serving his time at the
Coleman Federal Prison in Coleman, FL. When he is released the Italian
government would like to put him on trial for money laudering. It is
believed that Conte and others buried $1.9 million in a farm along the
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James "Jimmy Brown" Failla (1970s-Present)
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James "Jimmy Brown" Failla was a close capo of then Gambino boss Paul
Castellano. He also served as a driver/body guard of Carlo Gambino.
Allegedly, Genovese family boss, Vincent "The Chin" Gigante reached out to
Failla and fellow capo Danny Marino in a plot to kill then boss John Gotti.
What resulted was the bombing death of Gotti's first underboss Frankie
Deccico. Failla was also head of the Association of Trade Waste Removers of
Greater New York. He was given a stiff sentence for violating the RICO Act
and attempting to monopolize garbage hauling. |
Danny Marino (1970s-Present)
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Danny Marino like Nick Corozza was once seen as a possible new boss of the
family. Marino was close with the old guard that had been under then Gambino
boss Paul "Big Paul" Castellano. He along with James "Jimmy Brown"Failla
were allegedly part of a conspiracy to murder Gotti. In 1993 Marino was
charged with assisting a Gotti ordered murder of Louie DiBono, and was
sentenced to seven years. He is expected to be released in 2000. |
Joseph "Joe Butch" Corrao (1970s-Present)
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Joseph "Joe Butch" Corrao was a top capo under bosses Paul Castellanoand
John Gotti. Corrao held court in the "Hawain Moonlighters" Social Clubin
Manhattan's Little Italy. Corrao was convicted in 1993 forracketeering,
served 5 years and was released in December 1998. He too was once seenas a
likely boss of the Gambino LCn Family. This would be difficult, due tohis
parole stipulations, and ban health stemming from a kidney transplantand
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John "Jackie Nose" D'Amico(1970s-Present)
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John "Jackie Nose" D'Amico originally served imprisoned Gambino boss John
Gotti as a bodyguard. He is said to be a Gotti loyalist. D'Amico derives
most of his earnings from gambling rackets and operates out of New Jersey.
Allegedly, he and two other capos made up a "ruling committee" to assist
Junior Gotti as boss. DiAmico was given 20 months for racketeering. It is
believed that this is the first jail time he has served. |
Angelo "Angie, Quack-Quack" Ruggiero(1970s-1986)
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Angelo "Angie, Quack-Quack" Ruggiero was the childhood friend of John
Gotti.
He was also the nephew of deceased Gambino underboss Aniello "Neil"
Dellacroce. Ruggiero and Gotti both received their "buttons" about same
time
and both served time together too for the same crime. Ruggiero would
inherit
a massive heroin trafficking pipeline from his brother Sal. Ruggiero
would
also lead a team of hitman to assasinate then boss Paul Castellano and
driver/newly appointed underboss Thomas Bilotti in December 1985.
Afterwards, Ruggiero would become capo of the Ozone Park, Queens crew
and
Gotti as the boss.
Problems began for Ruggiero before Gotti became boss. It was the FBI
bugging
of Ruggiero's home that led to a massive indictment for drug
trafficking.
Gotti's brother Gene would be given 50 years for his roll and Ruggiero
would
escape by dieing of lung cancer in 1986. Gotti would always blame
Ruggiero's
big mouth for his problem hence the knickname "Quack-Quack".
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Leonard "Lennie" Dimaria(1980s-Present)
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Leonard "Lennie" Dimaria is a Brooklyn based capo and is said to beclose
with fellow capo Nicholas "Little Nick" Corozzo. In 1987, Dimaria wasamong
the defendents that were acquitted with then boss John Gotti. Dimariawas
recently indicted in Florida for producing and selling blak marketapparel.
He along with Corozzo were also indicted on gambling/loansharking
racketeering charges. They both pled guilty and received 10 years. |
Anthony "Fat Andy" Ruggiano(1970s-1999)
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Anthony "Fat Andy" Ruggiano was a low key capo under then boss Paul
Castellano. Ruggiano was also from the same Ozone Park, Queens neighborhood
as future boss John Gotti. When Gotti took control of the boss it was widely
known that Ruggiano did not like him.
By the late 1970s Ruggiano would move his operations to Miami, FL. and was
eventually snagged in the FBI's "Operation Homerun" investigation.Ruggiano
had previously been acquitted on five other such cases. This case though,
contained too much evidence and Ruggiano went into hiding. He hid out with a
motorcycle gang and grew a beard to blend in. In 1987 he was given 12 years
and was released in early 1997. He died in June of 1999 from heart problems.
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Carmine "The Doctor" Lombardozzi(1950s-1992)
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Carmine Lombardozzi's career as a criminal began in the late
1920's. His
early arrest record includes charges of vehicular homicide, burglary,
unlawful entry, carrying concealed weapons and rape. Later he would be
charged with much more sophisticated crimes like labor racketeering,
loan
sharking, securities theft and insider trading. These charges would
earn him
titles like the king of wall street, and the Italian Meyer Lansky.
Despite
the vicious behavior that is exhibited by his early arrests Lombardozzi
was
very smooth and charming when dealing with members of the business
comunity.
Born Febuary 8,1913 the doctor always dressed immaculately. He kept
his
curly gray hair neatly trimmed and received daily manicures.
Everything
about him suggested prosperity.He had a seemingly endless supply of
cuff
links with diamonds the size of quarters and a safire pinky ring
surrounded
by more diamonds. He owned a large portfolio of prime real estate and
ran an
opticle company which held the contract for eye glasses for the
International
Longshoremans Association. Amoung the illegal dealings he participated
in
were vending, jukebox and pinball machine companies. He and partner
John"Sonny"Franzese also watched over the rackets run by Frankie
Abbatemarco
while he served time in the mid 50's.
As a financial genius who made millions for the mob, Lombardozzi
was
never far from controversy. An attendee at the infamous Appalachin
meeting,
Carmine was forced to wait in the garage while the Dons mulled over his
fate
for an alleged misappropreation of mob funds. A few years later he was
criticized for lacking restraint when a FBI agent was severely beaten
at his
fathers funeral. Carmine's final indignity was suffered when he was
forced
to divorce his wife of 27 years when a Profaci soldier claimed that his
daughter became pregnant while having an affair with the doctor (he
married
the girl). After the death of Joe Profaci, Carmine shifted his
allegiance to
Carlo Gambino. The doctor ran the Gambinos loan sharking operations
and
continued to practice his special brand of investment banking. Upon
the
death of Paul Castellano it was reported that Lombardozzi was one of
the top
candidates for the job of family leader. This of course did not happen
but
he did remain a power in the family untill his death of a heart attack
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Vincent "Jerome" Squillante (1950s-1966)
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Vincent "Jerome" Squillante was a high rising capo or crew boss under Alber Anastasia and Carlo Gambino. He would derive most of his earnings from garbage collection rackets. His garbage collection companies would charge very high prices for pick up. If customers wanted their trash carted away they paid, if they didn't, the garbage would sit and rot. Squillante was also known as a stone cold killer.In the early 1950s, Squillante was sponsored or became a "made member" in what would later be named the Gambino LCN Family. Ironically,Squillante's sponsor was Albert Anastasia's underboss Frank "Don Cheech" Scalise and later Genovese soldier-government witness-Joe Valachi would finger Squillante as the leader in Scalise's murder. Later, Squillante would be behind the murder of Scalise's brother, Joe.In early 1960 Squillante was indicted on an extortion charge. Carlo Gambino, who was boss of the organization formerly ran by Anastasia, feared that Squillante would not be able to do prison time well. On September 23,1960 Squillante was reported missing. It was believed that after he was shot, he and his car were compacted together into a block. His murder remains and dissapearance remains unsolved.
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Joseph" Joe Piney" Armone (1950s-1987)
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Joseph" Joe Piney" Armone is one of the most well known and once respected capos in the Gambino LCN Family. He actually predates Carlo Gambino and his rise to the top spot.Armone received the knickname "Piney" as a kid. Growing up in Brooklyn he and his father would extort Christmas trees from local sellers. They then in turn would sell them much cheaper to poorer families. During the early 1970s Armone would serve prison time for his part inthe infamous international heroin traficking case known as "The French Connection". By the 1976, with Paul Castellano as the new crime boss,Armone was seen as a regular attendent at Castellano's Staten Island, NYC mansion and became a trusted capo. He also helped solidify a grip the crime family had with MCA Records, Inc with his close friend and MCA records promoter Joe Isgro.As the 1980s moved in it wasnt without its fair share of problems for Armone. It appeared that Castellano was becoming more greedy and loosing control over his La Cosa Nostra family. Armone could do nothing about this and was often over heard by FBI listening bugs that had been planted in Castellano's mansion. Noteably was the fact that Armone was reserved and rarely cursed like so many other mobsters. Armone was also known to bevery faithful to his wife and a realy family man.In 1985 capo John Gotti began to plot against Castellano. He would ultimatley be killed in late December 1985 and Gotti would become boss.Without a doubt Armone had to go along with the plan. He and elder members such as consigliere Joe N. Gallo had no choice in the matter.In 1986 Gotti underboss was killed by a car bomb and briefly during 1987 Armone was chosen to replace him. In December 1987 Armone went on trial for a series of racketeering charges. The ruling judge offered a deal and if Armone would renounce his association with La Cosa Nostra he would beset free. He refused, admitting to a secret criminal society wouldve broken the rules of omerta and Armone was given 10 years. He would die in prison late April 1992. His burial was on March 2 and Gotti underboss Salvatore Gravanno would begin his testimony against his former crime boss.
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Soldiers
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Roy DeMeo is perhaps one of the worst serial killers in history. When he was busted he brought
down many highly placed individuals. Perhaps, he was one of the most dangerous individuals in
the mobs history.
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Anthony "Tony Roach" Rampino(1970s-1987)
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Anthony "Tony Roach" Rampino was a long time regular of John Gotti's"Bergin
Hunt and Fish Club" crew that operated out of Ozone Park, Queen. His
speciality was basically heroin trafficking like so many of Gotti's
underlings. He also began to use the drug too. Rampino was one of thehit
man that participated in the murder of then boss Paul "Big Paul"Castellano
and Thomas "Tommy" Bilotti in December 1985. Rampino was among theGotti
group of defendents that were acquitted in 1987. He cleaned his act upfor
awhile. By late 1987, he was busted trying to bring in and sell a huge
amount of heroin. He was given 25 to life and will not be eligible for
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Alphonse "Funzie" Mosca (1970s-1988)
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Alphonse "Funzie" Mosca was a bit of an oddity among other Gambino LCN Family members. He was known to live rather cheap, wear off the racksuits, drive basic cars and carry around a beat up briefcase. One thing is known, he was extremely rich and well connected. Mosca was a messenger and a type of "broker" for then Gambino boss Paul Castellano and deceased Genovese boss Anthony Salerno. Mosca responsibility was overseeing the Gambino's family interest regarding the controlling of local unions and their illegal organization known as the "Concrete Club". In 1986 Mosca was hauled in front of a grand jury as an extended member of this organization but he refused to give authorities a sample of his voice. This landed him jail forcontempt. While in prison, his health deteriorated badly, and he was relased in1987 for health reasons. Mosca died on July 26, 1987 from natural causes.
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Wilifred "Willie Boy" Johnson (1970s-1988)
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Wilifred "Willie Boy" Johnson was a half Italian, half Native American
gangster and was close to John "Johnny Boy" Gotti. Johnson was aregular
member of Gotti's Queens based crew during. Johnson was a part of many
crimes such as drug trafficking, muscle for loansharks, and gambling
rackets. He also particpated in the murder of then boss Paul "Paulie"
Castellano and Thomas Bilotti. After Gotti and others were acquitted in
1987, it was exposed that Johnson had long been an informant andworking
with the FBI. Gotti looked Johnson in the eye, after learning of hisrole as
an informant and forgave him. The kind act was just a ploy and Johnson
bought it 100%. On the morning of August 28, 1988, Johnson was gunned down
on his way to work. The hit was arranged by the consigliere, later underboss
turned government witness Salvatore "Sammy the Bull" Gravano andordered by
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Joseph "Joe the German" Watts (1970s-Present)
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Joseph "Joe the German" Watts is unelgible for membership in theGambino LCN
Family. The lack of qualifications doesnt seem to bother him. Watts is
consider a major loanshark and hitman for the Gambino family. He wasloyal
to both previous boss Paul "Big Paul" Castellano and John "the TefelonDon"
Gotti. In fact he was devoted to Gotti that he was allegedly one of the
hitmen in the Castellano/Bilotti murders. Watts was recently acquittedof a
murder. He is currently incarcerated for helping dispose of a murdervictim.
Apparently, while in prison he has been able to run his lucrativeloanshark
operation. He will be released in 2001. |
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