Magaddino Family in Pennsylvania 1980"s

In 1974 Stefano Magaddino, who headed the LCN crime faction based in Buffalo NY died and family was splintered into small groups by the capos. The buffalo area is now controlled by Fred Randaccio who appears to be emerging as the new boss. He replaced capo Sam Pieri who died in OCT. of 1981. Capo Pasquale Naterelli controls the Niagra Falls NY group and capo Joe Todaro the Toronto Canada area. Todaro is a close associate of Russell Bufalino head of the Northeatern Penn. area. The numbers action in Erie, PA is controlled by Magaddino Capo James Salamone,(Westfield Jimmy, Born Jan 2, 1906), a former officer of Erie Coin Sales Inc.; a vending machine business. Included among the Magaddino Family members is Anthony Dominic Ciotti(a.k.a CY), who has been engaged in illegal gambling activity and drug trafficking in the Pittsburg area since the summer of 1980 when he took up residence in Moon Township. Ciotti (Born September 19, 1928) was able to gain a toehold into the operations of the Great Gatsby Bar through his longtime friend, Richard LaRock. The bar, located in the township's West Hills Shopping Center, is now under new ownership. In April of 1981, Ciotti was arrested by federal agents on drug and firearms charges. He was found guilty in the fall of 1981 and sentenced to 15 years in prison

Ciotti, a member of the Magaddino family had hidden interest in the Great Gatsby, a bar. The great Gtsby was a center for narcotics distribution, and a trouble spot for law enforcement and local residents. Ciotti used the Calabrese Club, a private club in Erie to warehouse drugs and skimmed $20,000 in revenues from the club for his own use while employed there as "entertainment manager-bartender." Ciotti also received $200 a week as a consultant for another restaurant the Brass Rail in Pittsburgh. Ciotti also has ties to another liquor establishment in western Penn.
William Driscoll, a self-professed numbers banker who operated a pizza shop in Aliquippa, testified under a grant immunity that local attorney Carl Marcus arranged loans of $60,000 to be invested in the Great Gatsby, part of which was to be diverted into Driscoll's illegal numbers operation. According to Driscoll, Marcus and others, in return, were to receive 25 percent of the profits from Driscoll's gambling operation. Driscoll also said that Marcus loaned him $25,000 in 1980 for restaurant equipment and gambling debts.