One of the most rewarding discoveries for me was finding out PETE THE KILLER (ABINANTI) was a real person. I wonder if his "brother" "Sally Balls" was real or just movie talk?
I had met Pete the Killer several times years back in Howard Beach, and again in Canarsie with Bruno Facciolo. Nice guy. Very loyal old-timer close to Paulie Vario.
I didn't know him well but I don't believe he ever had a brother named Sally Balls. Not that was ever mentioned to me anyway. If he did the brother must have died or been off the scene for years because I know there was no such guy at that time, 1980s era.
He did have a son that he'd sent out to Las Vegas years earlier. I think they put the kid in as a croupier or some such job in one of the casinos. The kid was an "associate."
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In fact the more I think about it, wasn't Abbinanti junior contacted to give help to Little Joey D'Arco and Georgie Neck when they flew out to LA to clip Tony DiLapi that time?
