Originally Posted By: TommyGambino
Originally Posted By: Terence
Originally Posted By: Blackjack2121
Originally Posted By: mike89
First post here boys..... so go easy! Pretty much what it says on the tin really...if Detroit are not as active like some of you are saying, then why have they got a full adminstration and 5 capo's. Surely for a family not up to much, thats a bit over kill no?


I would advise using the search function before bringing this up, which will just start an argument with the same people that say Detroit is dead.

They are more active than you think. Also, regardless of numbers they have more admin spots than NY traditionally does, for insulation purposes.

But you obviously have already formed your opinion with statements such as "surely for a family not up to much". You sound pretty confident in this.

Anyway here is roughly how it looks today.

Administration

Boss – Jack “Jackie the Kid/The Bathrobe” Giacalone
Underboss – Anthony “Chicago Tony/Tony Lop/The Loli-Pop” La Piana
Consiglieri – Anthony “Tony Pal/The Butterfly” Palazzola
Street Boss – Peter “Specs/Blackie” Tocco
Counselor emeritus: Giacomo “Black Jack” Tocco, Joseph "Joe Hooks" Mirabile, Dominic "Uncle Dom" Bommarito

Capos

David “Davey Donuts” Aceto
Joseph “Joey Jack/Joe Vine” Giacalone
Joseph “Joe the Hood” D’Anna
Paul “Big Paulie” Corrado
Antonino “Tony the Extermintor” Ruggirello (coming out of retirement for short-term stint until La Piana names an official successor as boss of his crew, the former Meli crew)

“Soldiers”

Anthony “Tony Z” Zerilli (inactive/shelved)
Vito Tocco
Salvatore “Mops/Junior” Tocco
Jack “Little Jackie/Miami Jack” Tocco, Jr. (part of the year in FL)
Anthony “Nino/Smitty” Tocco
Anthony “Little Tony/Little Tawncy” Tocco, Jr. (part of the year in FL)
Joseph “Joe T” Tocco
Peter “Fat Pete” Corrado
Peter “Baby Bull” Corrado
Paul “Cousin Paulie/the Fixer” Corrado
Anthony “Nino” Corrado
Dominic “Chicago Dom” Corrado (CHI-NW IN)
Joseph “Joe White” Giacalone (Flint)
Jack “Jackie the Nose” Giacalone (FL)
Vincent “Vinnie Jack” Giacalone
Dominic “Fat Dom” Rubino
Peter “Petey Boy” Messina
Joseph “Jo Jo” Messina
Joseph "Joe the Clipper" Barbara, Jr. (semi-retired, sometimes looked to for counsel by admin)
Dominic “Big Dom” Vivio (shelved-PITT)
Frank “Frankie the Bomb” Bommarito (semi-active)
Robert “Bobby the Animal” La Puma
Gerard Di Michelle
Sam Ventilmiglia (TX)
Anthony Rugerio
Patrick Rugerio
Antonio “Toto” Ruggirello
Anthony “Little Tony Long” Cimini, Jr.
Anthony “Little Tony Razz” Randazo Jr,
Girolamo “Mimmo” D’Anna
Salvatore “Sparky” Palazzola, Jr.
Vincenzo “Vinnie Meatballs” Bronzino
John “Johnny Bananas” Sciarotta
Joseph “Joe D” Di Stefano
Eugene “Genie Boy” Baratta
Joseph “Joey the Trash Man” Tringali
Isodoro “Teddy San Diego” Matranga (CAL)
Peter “Pete the Clown” Leonardo
Louis “Butch” Stramaglia
Greektown Mike Katranis (in charge of Greektown)
William "Billy Lee" Loiacano (FL-inactive)
Joseph "Joe Gravel" Gargalino (FL-Retired)


Great list BlackJack. I've also read about Girolamo"Mimmo" D'Anna and Guiseppe "Joe" D'Anna as being Detroit's main connection to Italy through their cousin Salvatore D'anna. I agree that they may be small as a family but the ones moving up are carrying some serious clout. As with all families you have the cunning silent types and the fuckin maniacs. These guys are clearly the maniacs.

http://www.sourcenewspapers.com/articles/2013/03/07/news/doc5137d05e9da2d770356725.txt

"The two Shelby Township brothers indicted last month by a federal grand jury in connection to the baseball bat-beating of a rival restaurant owner have ties to alleged Sicilian Mafia figures in Italy and should be considered dangerous, according to federal prosecutors.

Giuseppe D'Anna, aka "Joe," 60, and Girolamo D'Anna, aka "Mimmo," 48, are the cousins of Salvatore D'Anna, who the U.S. Justice Department says is a boss of a crime family in Terrasini, Italy. Both of the D'Annas and Ventimiglia were born and raised in Terrasini, Italy, court records show.

"According to the latest documents, the D'Anna brothers were upset that the owners of Nonna's Kitchen had not sought and received permission from them prior to opening the restaurant in 2009. At the time, Giuseppe D'Anna's wife owned Tiramisu Italian Ristorante across the street.

The feds say the D'Annas made it known the victim's family would be subject to the punishment of the Sicilian Mafia if he proceeded with the opening.

Two years later, when Nonna's was undergoing an expansion in 2011, the D'Annas entered the restaurant one night. While Girolama D'Anna distracted the victim, Giuseppe D'Anna entered and struck the owner 11 times with a baseball bat, leaving him with a closed head injury, broken jaw and other injuries."


So you're saying the Detroit family have ties to Italy, based on what? lol All they've got left is gambling and loansharking, mid level I'd imagine aswell.

The D'Anna brothers have been proven to be low level enforcers, nothing more.



He himself didn't say the D'Anna's had ties to Italy, the article did. Scott's also said the same thing in the not too distant past.


As of 2013, they still had relatives who are big in the LCN world back in Sicily. They're dad or uncle is a big don in Terresini. Calogero or Girolamo D'Anna or something. Salvatore D'Anna, apparently is or was the boss of a Terrasini crime family as well, and he's their cousin.

As far as a low level enforcers go, sources says they head the Zip faction of that tiny little, defunct crime family.

And someone asked a few pages back where these guys would recruit from. I don't know this for a fact, but again sources, and some pretty reliable people from the city itself and also who refer to themselves as "LCN insiders" or "researchers", claim there are 200-250 thousand Italians in the Metro Detroit area, many of them are Sicilian.


Credit goes to the Real Deal forum for a lot of that information and posters like mcscott and Double Zee.