Originally Posted By: pmac
patriarca had a couple guys come and go theres nick bianco who some how was sent to help in the colombo/gallo war and was a capo according to scarpa was 1 of colombos favorites but right before colombo got hit he was back to rhode island i think he was tipped off. then the guy henry tameleo who was in the bonanno family moved to the boston era and was consig. jr russo was with paul vario in the 60tys probaly just asscoiate. i read the sam the plumber book if that guy corcky was made in 1 family but transferd to sams family and alot of the family didnt trust him for a while, then i read d.b. bernado was with sam's family and released to the gambinos probaly cause he made so much money in manhattan. its something big paul probaly wanted the guy d.b. was the biggest porno guy in america in the late 70tys. connected in new england, florida, and cali.


Yes, you are right about Bianco. He was made into the Colombo Family in 1963 so that he would have an easier job to work out a truce between the warring factions. Gallos seems to have had respect for him as a persona but didn´t recognize him as an authority until he was made. He was appointed caporegime in 1970 but without a crew. I think Colombo had promised him at least a couple of soldiers but this promise never materialized. Eventually, Colombo and Bianco had a fall out and Bianco was demoted to the rank of a soldier. According to Greg Scarpa, Bianco switched to the Patriarca Family in 1973. That´s two years after the Colombo shooting.
Tameleo was originally a Brooklynite before moving to Rhode Island. But I haven´t seen anything (evidence wise) that suggests that Tameleo had been a Bonanno member.
Robert DiBernardo started out as an associate with the DeCavalcantes but wasn´t made with that Family. He transfered to Castellano before being made in 1977 and was first put in the same crew as Tommy Bilotti (not sure Bilotti was a capo at that time), before switching to Zappi crew.

Last edited by HairyKnuckles; 06/26/12 11:52 AM.

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