Latest posts tagged with #Profaci on Bluesky
Joseph Magliocco
#OTD (Dec 18) in 1959, Joseph #Profaci, Paul #Castellano, Joseph #Magliocco (shown), Rosario #Bufalino and sixteen other #Apalachin delegates are convicted of obstructing a government investigation.
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Carmine Persico
#OTD (Dec 13) in 1963, Carmine #Persico, indicted with other #Gallo gangsters for conspiring to murder #Profaci Crime Family members, surrenders to the #KingsCountyNY District Attorney.
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#OTD (Dec 10) in 1963, a total of 16 #Gallo faction leaders and members are indicted for conspiring to kill other members of the #Profaci Crime Family.
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Giuseppe Profaci
#OTD (Nov 23) in 1920, future U.S. #Mafia leader Giuseppe #Profaci is convicted in Sicily of forgery with intent to defraud. He is sentenced to a year in prison.
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#OTD (Nov 11) in 1961, John #Guariglia, member of the John #Oddo crew in the #Profaci Crime Family, is fatally shot by #Gallo faction gangsters in #Brooklyn NY.
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Frank Abbatemarco
#OTD (Nov 04) in 1959, 'Frankie Shots' #Abbatemarco, who runs a #Profaci numbers racket, is shot to death at a saloon in #Brooklyn.
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#OTD (Oct 04) in 1961, Joseph Magnasco of the #Gallo gang is fatally shot while attempting to kidnap #Profaci Crime Family crew leader Harry Fontana.
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Aniello Dellacroce
#OTD (Sep 21) in 1961, Aniello #Dellacroce of the #Gambino Crime Family is assaulted at a #Manhattan restaurant by #Gallo gangsters of the #Profaci Crime Family.
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Joseph Profaci
#OTD (Sep 11) in 1953, a #Brooklyn federal grand jury indicts Joseph #Profaci for defrauding the government out of $88,000 in income #taxes in 1946 through 1949.
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Joe Profaci
#OTD (Sep 04) in 1921, recently released from a prison in Sicily, Giuseppe #Profaci enters the U.S. through #NewYork City.
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Joe Magliocco
#OTD (Sep 03) in 1963, under pressure from the #Mafia Commission, Joseph #Magliocco steps down as boss of the former #Profaci Crime Family, and warring factions in that family agree to a ceasefire.
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Joseph Profaci
#OTD (Sep 03) in 1952, a #NewYork State commission investigating #waterfront racketeering subpoenas bank records of Vincent #Mangano, Albert #Anastasia, Vito #Genovese, Tommy #Lucchese, Joe #Profaci, Anthony Carfano, Gerardo Catena and other crime figures.
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Newsday newspaper article from August 21, 1961. Headline: "Cop halts 'rub out' of Gallo, gets shot."
#OTD (Aug 20) in 1961, #Profaci members attempt to murder rebel leader Larry #Gallo in a #Flatbush, #Brooklyn, restaurant. Police Officer Melvin Blei interrupts the attempt and is shot and seriously wounded.
Rosalie and Salvatore "Bill" Bonanno
#OTD (Aug 18) in 1956, Salvatore 'Bill' #Bonanno, son of crime boss Joseph Bonanno, marries Rosalie #Profaci, niece of crime boss Joseph Profaci, in a #Brooklyn ceremony.
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#OTD (Aug 9)in 1963, 'Joe Bats' Cardello of the #Profaci Family is fatally shot in his car at a #Brooklyn stop light.
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#OTD in 1958: The appearance of #NewYork #Mafia boss Joseph #Profaci before the Senate's McClellan Committee became a spectacle.
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Image of Joseph Colombo. Text reads: On this date, June 28... in 1899, Rosario Dispenza of Ciminna, Sicily, arrives in New York on his way to joining Spatafora relatives in Chicago. in 1902, Stella Frauto is received at the women's prison in Auburn NY to serve her counterfeiting sentence. in 1933, Profaci Crime Family member Cassandro 'Tony the Chief' Bonasera marries Sarah DiCarlo, sister of Buffalo mafioso Joseph DiCarlo. in 1940, politically connected Brooklyn gangster Joseph Sergi is indicted for perjury, forgery and bail bond fraud. in 1949, Meyer Lansky and his wife are visited by racketeer Michael Lascari as they depart from New York on an ocean liner bound for Italy. in 1966, Paul Vario Sr. is arrested as the leader of a $30 million a year policy and bookmaking ring in New York. in 1971, Joseph Colombo, New York crime boss and founder of the Italian-American Civil Rights League, is shot and critically wounded during his second Italian-American Unity Day rally in Manhattan.
#OTD (June 28) in #OrganizedCrime #History: #Profaci gangster marries into #Buffalo mob family, Sergi is charged in #Brooklyn with bail bond frauds, #Lansky leaves on trip to Italy, #Vario faces gambling charges, #Colombo is shot at Unity Day rally in #NYC.
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Image of Salvatore Todaro. Text reads: On this date, June 11... in 1900, Giuseppe Morello and Calogero Meggiore of East Harlem are arraigned on charges counterfeiting. in 1902, unidentified gangsters burst into a grocery and wine room at Basin and Poydras Streets in New Orleans and shoot and stab Salvatore Luciano and Vincenzo Vetura to death. in 1908, a Black Hand bomb damages the home and business of the Serio family in New Orleans. in 1929, Cleveland boss Salvatore 'Black Sam' Todaro is shot to death while approaching a parked car. in 1930, Missouri Supreme Court affirms cop-killing convictions and death sentences for Tony Mangiaracina, Carl Nasello and John Messino. in 1961, police pickup order is issued for Anthony Delsanter of Warren OH, suspect in the murder of Mike Farah. in 1962, funeral of late crime boss Joseph Profaci involves simple Brooklyn church ceremony. in 1963, Anthony 'Tony Pro' Provenzano is convicted of extortion in Newark NJ federal court. in 1964, Nicholas Bianco and Larry Gallo are noted absent as new crime boss Joseph Colombo hosts an introductory meeting of his lieutenants and his personal 'crew' in Brooklyn. in 1970, the bullet-riddled body of suspected informant Gino Albini is found in a parked car in Buffalo NY. At Smithtown, Long Island, former Bonanno Crime Family boss Gaspar DiGregorio passes away at age 65. in 1973, Francis Salemme goes to trial in Massachusetts for the 1968 car-bombing of an attorney.
#OTD in #OrganizedCrime #History: #NYC mafiosi face counterfeiting charges, mob violence occurs in #NewOrleans, #Cleveland boss is shot down, #Profaci is buried, Tony Pro is convicted of extortion, #Colombo introduces administration, informant's body found in #Buffalo.
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Collection of crime history items from June 6. Image of Gregory DePalma.
#OTD in #OrganizedCrime #History: #Morello appeals to SCOTUS, #Terranova is tried in #NYC for murder, drug trafficker LaGaipa disappears, #Gambino son marries #Lucchese daughter, #Tampa mafioso dies in Sicily, #Profaci dies of cancer, Gambino lieutenant is convicted.
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#OTD in 1962: Longtime #NYC #Mafia boss Joseph #Profaci succumbed to cancer.
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Collection of crime history items from June 4. Image of Joseph Profaci.
#OTD in #OrganizedCrime #History: #Genovese gets 60 days for weapons possession, #Buffalo gangster charged with burglary & larceny, #Profaci daughter marries Tocco son in #Brooklyn, #YoungstownOH gangster is wounded at his home, #Colombo group faces racketeering charge.
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Collection of crime history items from May 20. Image of Angelo Bruno.
#OTD in #OrganizedCrime #History: undercover agent breaks up #Chicago counterfeit gang, #Brooklyn boss is sentenced, #ProvidenceRI gangster claims undercover work, #Profaci heir seeks backing of #Philadelphia boss, #Bonanno rivals meet, #Montreal mafioso is missing.
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Collection of crime history items from February 27.
#OTD in #OrganizedCrime #History: trial begins for men accused of killing #NewOrleans police chief, war begins in #Profaci #Mafia family, Castellano becomes #Gambino boss, #Lansky complains of illness, murder conviction results in life sentences for #Colombo bigshots.
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Collection of crime history items from February 15.
#OTD in #OrganizedCrime #History: #mafiosi feud in #NewOrleans, #PittstonPA bosses face charges, extortionist dies in #Brooklyn, Camorrist cooperates in murder case, #Chicago gunmen end Tropea and McGurn, #Kefauver hears #Profaci.
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