decavalcante crime family (march 2023)....OR decavalcante crew???
-there appears to be no good consensus or info about who the boss is post death of john riggi and francesco guaracci. there also is no consensus about if indeed this is still a functioning crime family with an administration or now a crew of the gambinos. i will choose at this point to believe they are still a crime family but a small one and getting smaller. the state of new jersey has including the decavs proof of 5 different families operating crews in the state. gambino,genovese,lucchese and philadelphia. also the pagans mc has a heavy presence in the state albeit somewhat involved in different criminal activity. the same can be said for the myriad of different black OC groups. those are just the most prominent OC groups i'm sure there is more.
-the following will be a list of confirmed members and the highest rank they have reached in the crime family.
1.charles majuri
-acting boss/ruling panel member (2000),capo.
2.philip abramo
-capo (2000)...released jan.21 2018
3.frank nigro
-consigliere (2015)
4.charles stango
-capo (2015)...released 2022,2023.
5.louis consalvo
-soldier (2000)...brother-in-law to philip abramo...released feb.14 2012.
6.joseph sclafani
-soldier (2000)...released july.29 2005.
7.daniel annunziata
-soldier (2003).
8.frank d'amato
-soldier (2000)...released may.19 2012.
9.gregory rago
-soldier (2000)...released nov.14 2014.
10.gaetano vastola
-soldier.
11.rosario cocchiaro
-soldier (1988).
12.jerry balzano
-soldier (2011,2017)
13.john j riggi
-soldier (1989)...son of BOSS JOHN RIGGI.
14.vincent j riggi
-soldier (1989)...son of BOSS JOHN RIGGI.
15.anthony mannarino
-soldier (2000)
16.mimmo marzullo
-soldier (2003)
17.paul colella
-soldier (2015)
18.james gallo
-soldier (2000)...released dec.22 2021.
19.bernard nicastro
-soldier (2000)
20.giuseppe schifilitti
-capo (2000)...possible he is still imprisoned. he was appealing his life sentence i believe.
-the above are my best researched members of this family that are currently alive/on the street. as noted above i am unsure about the status of schifilitti. excluding him as a possible boss that would leave 4 possible members who have once attained the position of capo or higher that i know of. majuri, abramo, nigro, stango. that is not to say a younger candidate was promoted to the position but again there is no conclusive proof either way. i will also add i could find NO CONNECTIONS in the 2000's back to ribera,sicily. these connections existed in the past i will not dispute that but in the past 20 years i don't buy it. it is even hard to find good info on a functioning mafia in ribera let alone establishing direct links from sicily to NJ.
the Cosa Nostra family based in Ribera is still active as the DIA reported; the last indictment that proofs the links between Ribera family and New Jersey was in 2006