Fellas any insight on pittsburgh mob activities in Morgantown,WV? Past or present... I read by other posters LaRocca set up operations with some casinos in wheeling and other spots and chucky porter had some wv rackets going on I believe
Stricly curious bc I graduated from WVU in mo-town...thanks guys
To my knowledge, no Pittsburgh mob activities in Morgantown. Jo Jo Pecora oversaw all the WV rackets and appointed Paul "No Legs" Hankish as his chief lieutenant for many years. Paul was Lebanese but was very close to Joseph"Demus" Covello of the Gambino's New Jersey Faction. Demus was godfather to one of Paul's daughters and Joey Naples from Youngstown was godfather to his son Chris, who just died about 4-5 years ago. Paul ran gambling in 8 states and laid off to Demus in New Jersey as well as Louie Mannocchio in Rhode Island.
