patsy erra

Hes talked about alot in jon roberts american desperado book but doesnt give much background on him or his kid bobby erra?

Anyone know more about him? Is he gambino like roberts uncles the riccobonos? Crew, rank, territory etc? He always operate in fla? Any insight would be much appreciated...the book is solid read btw def recommend to anyone

Erra was a made member of the Genovese family , he was close to trigger Mike Coppola , he was born in Harlem in 1915 and in his younger days he was a professional bantamweight boxer having 8 pro fights

I'd have to check my notes but I believe he was inducted into the Genovese Crime Family in the late 1940s. He represented them in South Florida. He died in the early 1970s. I think his father was in the scrap metal business. Erra himself was thought to be connected to the heroin trade. I always thought he might have shared confidential information with the FBI near the end of his life. I think Thom L Jones wrote about him too.

Erra was a made guy who handled Genovese rackets in the Miami area. I think Valachi exposed him as being under Mike Coppola. In fact, after Coppola died, informant said that Erra took over Coppola´s activities (mostly shylocking) down there.

One interesting thing about Erra is his "employment" as a manager of Dean Martin´s (the entertainer) restaurant (Dino´s Lounge). The operators of the restaurant were indicted in 1966 on charges that the restaurant failed to supply a correct list of their employees, failed to have them fingerprinted as ordered by the Florida Beverage Department, and employed a convicted felon. The felon being Erra (tax evasion conviction.)

Vinny Teresa claimed in his book that it was Patsy Erra who set up John "Futto" Biele to be hit. But a lot of what Teresa said doesn´t make sense. No idea if Teresa lied or told the truth.