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On this date, March 13... • in 1891, a jury finds none guilty of the assassination of New Orleans Police Chief David Hennessy. • in 1903, Isidoro Crocevera, Giuseppe DePrima & Giuseppe Giallombardo are convicted in of passing counterfeit currency. • in 1909, an anonymous letter sent from New York City blames NYC mafiosi Giuseppe Morello, Giuseppe Fontana, Ignazio Milone, Pietro Inzerillo & the Terranova brothers for arranging the Palermo slaying of NYPD Lt. Joseph Petrosino. • in 1912, Dallas racketeer Warren Diamond pleads guilty to running a gambling establishment. • in 1946, FBI reports that former Naval Intelligence Lt. Cmdr. Haffenden is friendly with mob boss Frank Costello. • in 1957, FBI agents witness Jimmy Hoffa's illegal acquisition of confidential McClellan Committee files. • in 1964, a grand jury at Cleveland indicts Youngstown OH racketeer Jasper 'Fats' Aiello and others for running an illegal abortion ring. • in 1974, a federal court finds New York mobster Carmine Tramunti guilty of financing a drug ring. • in 1987, New York Mafia boss John J. Gotti and codefendants are acquitted in a federal racketeering trial. • in 2009, Bonanno family associate Joseph Young is sentenced to life for the 2005 murder of Robert McKelvey. • in 2012, two admitted New England mobsters confess to extorting strip clubs in the area of Providence RI. • in 2019, Gambino crime family boss Francesco Cali is shot to death at his Staten Island home. Image of Carmine Tramunti.
#OTD (Mar 13)
Events in U.S. organized crime #history.
#Palermo #NewEngland #NewOrleans #YoungstownOH #Dallas #ProvidenceRI #StatenIsland #NewYork #Mafia #MafiaHistory 🗃️ #Skystorians
What will happen to the Providence Place Mall? What should happen to it? @oceanstatemedia.bsky.social @bostonglobe.com @stephmachado.bsky.social #rhodeisland #providenceri #malls
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Federal Hill, Providence RI, 📸: Daniel Bento #FederalHill #ProvidenceRI #sunsetlovers #sunset #arch #welcometofederalhill #streetlights #traffic #neonsigns #sidewalks #trafficlights
On this date, March 10... • in 1870, in New Orleans, Vincent Simondellio fatally shoots Rosario DiMichelli. • in 1892, heirs of six Italian-American lynching victims bring lawsuits against the City of New Orleans. • in 1906, at a Hillsville PA trial conducted by the Calabrian organized criminal network, Rocco Racco is convicted of adultery and sentenced to die but avoids the underworld death penalty by making a large cash payment. • in 1921, Albert Anastasia, held by authorities in Providence RI, is charged with complicity in the Brooklyn NY murder of Joseph Terella. In Bronx NY, Joseph Valachi is arrested for burglary. • in 1927, two gunmen open fire on Philadelphia Mafia leader John Avena as he leaves a restaurant, but Avena is unharmed. • in 1930, Jack Diamond is arrested in New York for homicide. • in 1932, Bronx gangsters Joseph Morganelli and Frank Caiola are arrested for robbery and kidnapping. • in 1933, Carl Gurera of Kansas City is shot and mortally apparently by his Mangiaracina in-laws. • in 1938, in Buffalo, Joseph DiCarlo is sentenced to a year in Erie County Penitentiary and a $500 fine for coercion. • in 1959, Dallas FBI agents secretly request information on the Mafia from a member of the Federal Bureau of Narcotics. • in 1971, gangster Joey Gallo of Brooklyn is released after completing a prison sentence for attempted extortion. Image of Joseph DiCarlo.
#OTD (Mar 10)
Events in U.S. organized crime #history.
#NewOrleans #HillsvillePA #ProvidenceRI #Brooklyn #Philadelphia #BronxNY #KansasCity #Buffalo #Dallas #NewYork #Mafia #MafiaHistory 🗃️ #Skystorians
On this date, March 8... • in 1855, Manhattan gang leader Bill 'the Butcher' Poole dies of gunshot wounds suffered 12 days earlier. • in 1893, the Terranova family of Corleone - later leaders of the East Harlem NY underworld - arrive in New York City aboard the S.S. Alsatia. • in 1894, Dante Regali and Augusto Ferrari stand trial in Providence, RI, for robbing and beating banker John Caproni. • in 1906, New York police arrest Ignazio Lupo in conection with the kidnapping of Antonio Bozzuffi. • in 1913, 'Mock Duck,' leader of New York Chinatown's Hip Sing Tong, begins a prison sentence for policy gambling. • in 1927, Abner Zwillman is arrested in Newark NJ for assault and battery. • in 1932, a Pennsylvania grand jury indicts Youngstown OH gangsters Roy Marino, Michael Joyce and Leo Lee for the Feb. 14, robbery of Pittsburgh's Metro Club. • in 1937, U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals reverses 'Lepke' Buchalter anti-trust conviction but upholds conviction of 'Gurrah' Shapiro. • in 1949, the deadlocked jury in San Francisco's Nick DeJohn murder trial is discharged by the judge. • in 1952, Arnold Schuster, who directed New York police to fugitive bank robber Willie Sutton, is fatally shot on orders from Albert Anastasia. • in 1960, a Youngstown OH criminal society passes a death sentence against Sandy Naples because he would not contribute to the group. Image of Anber Zwillman.
#OTD (Mar 08)
Events in U.S. organized crime #history.
#ProvidenceRI #NewarkNJ #YoungstownOH #Pittsburgh #SanFrancisco #NewYork #Mafia #MafiaHistory 🗃️ #Skystorians
On this date, March 6... • in 1914, Thomas Pennacchio is sentenced in NYC to a year and 10 months in prison for attempted burglary. • in 1918, confessed killer Ralph Daniello testifies in the murder trial of Brooklyn Camorra boss Alessandro Vollero. • in 1921 - Giuseppe Florina is arrested for the murder of Joseph Terella in Brooklyn. • in 1928, Meyer Lansky, Samuel Levine and Joseph Benzole are arrested at Queens NY for felonious assault against former associate John Barrett. • in 1929, Thomas 'Fatty' Walsh, a suspect in the Arnold Rothstein murder, is shot and killed at the Miami-Biltmore Hotel. • in 1934, Lottie Coll, Alfred Guarino and Silvio Ventre are sentenced to long prison terms for a Bronx killing. • in 1946, FBI's Alex Rosen files a report critical of Charles Radcliffe Haffenden, ex-commander of Naval Intelligence, who helped win early prison release for Salvatore 'Charlie Luciano' Lucania. • in 1962, the FBI installs a listening device at the Providence RI office of New England crime boss Raymond L.S. Patriarca. • in 1970, New York mob boss Joseph Colombo is charged with five counts of perjury. • in 1987, New England mobster Ilario Zannino is convicted of gambling and loan sharking. • in 2009, former New York police officers Louis Eppolito and Stephen Caracappa are sentenced to life in prison for aiding Lucchese mobsters and participating in racket murders. Image of Raymond L.S. Patriarca.
#OTD (Mar 06)
Events in U.S. organized crime #history.
#Brooklyn #QueensNY #Miami #Bronx #ProvidenceRI #NewYork #Mafia #MafiaHistory 🗃️ #Skystorians
will be walking to the anti-war rally...
#ProvidenceRI shortly...
A woman in an orange coat and black snow pants with a teal toboggan leaning back into the snow bank beside the freshly shoveled snow. The snow in the street in thigh high and unplowed.
Our street hasn't been plowed yet, but at least our driveway and sidewalk are clear.
It's our first blizzard and so far it's just a lot of work.
#ProvidenceRI #RhodeIsland #Blizzard2026 #Snow
At least we can pull back the curtains and watch this blizzard drama unfold.
#blizzard2026 #providenceRI
On this date, February 21... • in 1864, future Brooklyn crime boss Paolo Orlando is born at Camporeale, Palermo, Sicily. • in 1896, future Rhode Island underworld figure Frank 'Butsey' Morelli is born Adolfo Molarelli in Providence. • in 1901, Joseph Morici, Mafia boss of Chicago's Little Sicily, is arrested in connection with the murder of Neapolitan crime boss Salvatore DiGiovanni. • in 1909, New York Police Lt. Joseph Petrosino arrives in Italy on a supposedly secret mission for the NYPD. • in 1910, future U.S. mafioso Carmine Galante is born in Manhattan. • in 1912, the Secret Service learns from an informant that the Terranova organization in East Harlem is prepared to sever connections with a Brooklyn group led by Sebastiano DiGaetano. • in 1917, New York Governor Whitman pardons racketeer John DeBellis, who had been sentenced to prison on a weapons charge. • in 1922, Niagara Falls bootlegger Samuel Sirianni dies in Buffalo General Hospital of a gunshot wound suffered days earlier. • in 1926, Vito Bascone, friend of the recently murdered Orazio Tropea, is found dead with a bullet wound to the head in the Oak Lawn neighborhood of Chicago. Image of Carmine Galante.
#OTD (Feb. 21)
Events in U.S. organized crime #history.
Long list today. This is Part 1.
#Brooklyn #ProvidenceRI #Chicago #NiagaraFallsNY #Buffalo #NewYork #Mafia #MafiaHistory 🗃️ #Skystorians
On this date, February 20... • in 1893, Lawrence County PA detectives who gathered murder case evidence against Michele Tenora receive threatening letters from the Mafia. • in 1897, future southern California crime boss Nicolo Licata is born. • in 1910, Giuseppe Morello & Ignazio Lupo begin serving their counterfeiting sentences at Atlanta Federal Prison. • in 1913, convicted human traffickers Frank Filasto & Joseph Ribuffo are sentenced in New York federal court to five years and two years, respectively. • in 1914, New York police arrest saloonkeeper Angelo Lasco in connection with the murder of Louis Lazzazara. • in 1926, Chicago mafioso Orazio Tropea is buried without ceremony and only girlfriend Beatrice Gould & her brother present. • in 1930, Dallas Mafia boss Carlo Piranio dies of a spinal tumor and is succeeded by his brother Joseph. • in 1935, Albert Bruno testifies in a Massachusetts court that he fatally shot Annabile Stilo in self-defense. • in 1938, Ciro Terranova, 49, dies at New York's Columbus Hospital days after suffering a paralytic stroke. • in 1965, burglar Raymond Curcio is found dead of gunshot wounds in an abandoned car in Providence RI's North End. • in 1977, the NY Times reports that Carmine 'Lilo' Galante has emerged as dominant over all of New York organized crime. • in 1980, Carmela 'Mildred' Reina Valachi, wife of Mafia turncoat Joseph Valachi and daughter of murdered boss Gaetano Reina, dies at Nanuet NY. Image of Orazio Tropea.
#OTD (Feb. 20)
Events in U.S. organized crime #history.
#LawrenceCountyPA #SoCal #Atlanta #Chicago #Dallas #Massachusetts #ProvidenceRI #NanuetNY #NewYork #Mafia #MafiaHistory 🗃️ #Skystorians
We are all set up today with our beloveds at #hausofcodec at the Bell St. Chapel in #providenceri today until 3 PM. Come sniff some soaps, squish some yarn, and put some lotion on your hands!
#pvd #transartist #disabledartist #rhodyart #yarnsky #indiesoap #indieyarn
Congratulations to Emily Dubois on winning our Books on the Square gift card! Another week, another opportunity to win a Drive Less RI prize! Don't miss out - download our app, take a car-free trip, and log your miles in the app for your chance to win! #WaylandSquare #RhodeIsland #ProvidenceRI
Do you read while riding RIPTA? 🚌📚 Record your RIPTA trips in the @drivelessri.bsky.social app this week to win a gift card to Books on the Square! #ProvidenceRI
Books for your bus ride! 📚 Do you ride the bus to work? Bike to school? Walk to the bookstore? Join the #DriveLessRI Challenge to win this week's giveaway, a Books on the Square gift card. Comment below with your favorite book for an extra chance to win! Winner announced 2/13. #ProvidenceRI
Providence RI 2005 #providenceri #95northbound #lightstream #providencerhodeisland #providenceplacemall #sunsetvibes #sunsetlovers #streetlights
Yo, Providence is hosting the 2026 NIKE SnowBrawl at the Convention Center on Jan 25. Youth teams gonna battle it out. Who’s got a kid or cousin reppin’ a squad? Let’s cheer ‘em on! #ProvidenceRI #YouthSports #SnowBrawl
On this date, January 22... • in 1914, Chicago Mafia leader Rosario Dispenza and his business partner Anthony Puzzio are shot and killed. • in 1919, Giuseppe Florino of Brooklyn is charged with felonious assault for accidentally shooting high school student John Dondero during a duel with another man. • in 1920, 'Lepke' Buchalter is arrested under the name 'Louis Cohen' and charged with burglary. • in 1959, a dozen miners lose their lives when mines of the Knox Coal Company collapse in Pittston, PA. Investigation shows corruption, negligence and Mafia infiltration in the coal mining industry. • in 1962, Sicilian newspaper L'Ora publishes the first of three articles on the confessions of mafioso Dr. Melchiorre Allegra. • in 1976, following the recommendation of the state Gaming Control Board, the Nevada Gaming Commission votes unanimously to deny a gambling license to Frank 'Lefty' Rosenthal. • in 1991, Pittsburgh-area mosbters Charles Porter and Louis Raucci Sr. are sentenced to long prison terms following their convictions for narcotics trafficking. • in 1992, following guilty pleas and convictions against Providence-based bosses and other important members, 'Cadillac Frank' Salemme of Sharon MA is the top-ranking figure in the New England Crime Family. Image of Frank Salemme
#OTD (Jan. 22)
Events in U.S. organized crime #history.
#Brooklyn #PittstonPA #Nevada #Pittsburgh #ProvidenceRI #SharonMA #Chicago #NewYork #Mafia #MafiaHistory 🗃️ #Skystorians
Downtown Providence is gonna be vibin’ tonight! The Providence Drum Troupe kicks off their nightlife tour from 7-10 PM at Mémère’s in the Neptune Hotel. Free event, pure Ocean State energy. Who’s joining the beat? #ProvidenceRI #LocalEvents #DrumTroupe
On this date, January 21... • in 1905, Giuseppe 'Joe' Bonanno is born in Castellammare del Golfo, Sicily. • in 1906, Rev. Antonio Cerutti attempts to expand his Carbondale PA anti-Mafia protective society into Scranton PA. • in 1908, Robert Vanella, a former New York gangster and a pal of Johnny Torrio, is tried for murder in Montana. • in 1919, Joseph Florino is arrested in Brooklyn and charged with assault. He is later discharged. • in 1929, Raymond Patriarca of Providence is sentenced to two years in prison for breaking and entering, and larceny. • in 1936, Joseph Castaldo and four other members of the Union Pacific Produce Company go on trial for monopolizing the sale of artichokes in New York. • in 1941, Bartolomeo Fontana is released from New Jersey State Prison after serving almost 19 years for the Mafia-ordered murder of his friend Camillo Caiozzo. • in 1942, a Bronx jurist proclaims all pinball machines to be illegal gambling devices. • in 1946, Frank Covelli, considered a small-time hoodlum, is found dead behind the wheel of a car on Van Buren Street in Chicago. • in 1973, two jeweled crowns stolen from the Regina Pacis shrine in Brooklyn are recovered in a locker at the East Side Air Terminal. The crowns also had been stolen and returned 21 years earlier.
#OTD (Jan. 21)
Events in U.S. organized crime #history.
#Montana, #CarbondalePA #Brooklyn #ProvidenceRI #NewJersey #Bronx #Chicago #NewYork #Mafia #MafiaHistory 🗃️ #Skystorians
Hinckley Allen just moved their Providence HQ to a slick new spot at 100 Westminster St. 23K sq ft of local art and high-tech vibes. Good to see a 120-year-old firm doubling down on the city. What’s your take on downtown growth? #ProvidenceRI #RhodeIsland
Almacs UFW Grapes Boycott - 3 Oct 1969. Night photo of an empty Providence Police car with its lights on, and a United Farm Workers 'Boycott Grapes' bumper sticker pasted over the bottom left of the large POLICE logo stenciled across the trunk’s lid. 6 Oct 1969 Brown Daily Herald BDH Photo by Greg Lloyd
#FotoVorschlag
Rückansicht >> Rear view
Boycott Grapes
UFW Bumper Sticker
Almacs parking lot
Night, Providence RI
6 Oct 1969
#FilmPhotography #ProvidenceRI #ufw #bdh
Good news for Providence small biz! Mayor Smiley, City Council, RI Commerce, and Brown are dropping $45K each to Thayer, Wickenden, and Wayland merchants hit by the Dec 13 shooting. Let’s rebuild that foot traffic, y’all. #ProvidenceRI #SmallBusiness
Got plans for a cold January night? Hit up Monday Night Trivia in Providence on Jan 12, 2026. Test your brain while staying cozy indoors. What’s the weirdest RI fact you know? Drop it below! #ProvidenceRI #RIEvents #WinterFun
