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Showing posts with label Brooklyn. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Brooklyn. Show all posts
28 July 2021

FBI gives post-Brasco warning to 'Sonny Black'

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On this date in 1981... FBI Special Agents Doug Fencl, Jim Kinne and Jerry Loar visited Motion Lounge, a nightclub and Bonanno Crime Family ...
25 May 2021

Journalist, crime writer Schmetterer, 77

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Jerry Schmetterer, author of The Coffey Files , Crooked Brooklyn , Behind the Murder Curtain and other true crime books, passed away at hi...
24 February 2020

Centenarian mobster 'Sonny' Franzese passes

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Colombo Crime Family big shot John "Sonny" Franzese died Sunday, February 23, 2020, at the age of 103, according to published repo...
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11 November 2019

Two killed at Castellammarese colony in Brooklyn

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On this date in 1917... Two men were shot to death at a Williamsburg, Brooklyn, street corner late Sunday afternoon, November 11, 1917. Au...
12 September 2019

'Death Valley' end for ambitious gangster

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Old pal of 'Clutching Hand' put on the spot in Brooklyn New York Daily News On this date in 1931... Scores of afternoon prod...
31 May 2019

Detroit fish market murders spark Mafia war

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On this date in 1930... Detroit Free Press Detroit Mafia leader Gaspare Milazzo and aide Rosario "Sam" Parrino were shot to ...
16 April 2019

Death of former Chicago gang chief goes unnoticed

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Torrio founded Chicago Outfit and mentored young Al Capone On this date in 1957... Chicago Tribune May 8, 1957 Johnny Torrio, seven...
15 April 2019

'Joe the Boss' murder befuddles press

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On this date in 1931... U.S. Mafia boss of bosses Giuseppe Masseria was shot to death in a back room at Gerardo Scarpato's Nuova Villa...
04 March 2019

Death chair takes Lepke, two aides

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On this date in 1944... Louis "Lepke" Buchalter, longtime New York City racketeer and reputed overseer of the underworld'...
29 January 2019

Mob mayhem on a Monday morning

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On this date in 1962... NY Daily News It was a bad Monday morning for Michael F. Albergo of Ridgewood Queens. A bad one also for Mich...