@Fleming_Ave;
He was definitely careless; Avellino talked way to much on those wiretapes.
@Bensonhurst;
You’re right about that; If you survived the Amuso/Casso reign you were lucky; Guess who’s even luckier; Who’s that captain or made guy who got saved by Casso;
Anthony Tortorello was his name. I believe; Chin Gigante wanted him dead but Casso saved him… from being whacked (Isn’t that ironic??)
Anthony "Torty" Tortorello a former capo of the "Prince Street crew". In 1986, Tortorello was overheard by Genovese mobster asking why Vincent Gigante was upset by drug deals when Gigante himself profited from drug deals. When Gigante heard these statements demand Tortoello's death, but Anthony Casso was able to save his life by planning a phony beating of Tortorello to appeal Gigante demand. In October 1991, Tortorello along with Frank Lastorino, Anthony Baratta, Salvatore Avellino, Richard Pagliarulo, George Conte, Thomas Anzellotto and Frank Papagni inducted (made) Joseph Tortorello, Thomas D'Ambrosia, Frank Gioia Jr., Gregory Cappello and Jody Calabrese into the crime family during a ceremony that was held in a Howard Beach, Queens home. Tortorello sponsored his son Joseph "Torty Jr." during the ceremony. His son Joseph "Torty Jr." later went on to control a drug operation in lower Manhattan. In 1996, Tortorello was arrested and charged with the murder and robbery of a Manhattan designer, he later took a plea deal and was sentenced to ten years in prison. In late 2000, Tortorello died in a Kentucky prison.
For me Casso doesnt want to lose the moneycfrom Tortorello drug ring for the Gigante susceptibility.
