Steubenville, OH and Organized Crime

for anybody interested, this is a great article on the tri state organized crime atmosphere back in the early 1980's

https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1144&dat=19830227&id=7tkcAAAAIBAJ&sjid=GGEEAAAAIBAJ&pg=6991,4738845&hl=en

these are some in depth links to organized crime in Steubenville, OH. Tthe two top guys were Vincenzo Tripodi and Cosmo Quattrone, both Calabrians. Dino Crocetti aka Dean Martin got his start at Quattrone's casino in the basement of the Rex Cigar Store.

1. http://www.maryferrell.org/showDoc.html?...=2&tab=page

2. http://www.maryferrell.org/showDoc.html?docId=133566&relPageId=23&search=James_Tripodi

3. http://www.maryferrell.org/showDoc.html?docId=94885&relPageId=41&search=James_Tripodi

4. http://www.maryferrell.org/showDoc.html?docId=94878&relPageId=12&search=James_Tripodi

5. http://www.maryferrell.org/showDoc.html?docId=69819&relPageId=18&search=James_Tripodi

The story of Dino Crocetti aka Dean Martin and how he got his start:

http://www.appalachianhistory.net/2016/0...ean-martin.html

Weird and Wacky Steubenville, OH:

http://www.clevescene.com/scene-and-hear...steubenville-oh

copy and paste, great article

https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1144&dat=19830227&id=7tkcAAAAIBAJ&sjid=GGEEAAAAIBAJ&pg=6991,4738845&hl=en

Here's one 4 us oldheads...a great fraud to come out of Steubenville was the adult film "actress" Miss Traci Lords whom fooled the whole adult film industry as well as the government by lying & "acting" seven yrs. older than she really was..she was only 15 & 16 ,17 in her superstar yrs. in that biz..took the the whole industry by storm.

She certainly was the toast of the San Fernando Valley (the porn capital of the country) for a few years. Then she tried to break into acting and I think played a cameo role on a soap. Taking her out of the equation, Steubenville has a very rich and illustrious organized crime history.

lol. Poor Dino. Trying to talk up your hometown on a mob forum and the only feedback you get is about a porn star. Ah, shucks. I'll help ya.

Jimmy The Greek was from Steubenville. Famed handicapper on the NFL on CBS in the '80s. More famous for making a drunken comment about black athletes that got him fired. Probably most famous for once punching Brent Musburger. Jimmy says take the Jets minus 6. [cue '80s CBS sports theme]

No doubt Steubenville was heavily mobbed up. They talked about that on The Greek's ESPN 30 for 30 documentary. He learned how to bet and (and lay?) the pigskin games in Steubenville's mob casinos. The DeBartolos, former 49ers owners, are from Youngstown. Don Moldea, who's written books about the NFL being fixed, Jimmy Hoffa, etc, believed the DeBartolos were mobbed up. It's Ohio, man.

And, of course, the real Dino Crocetti (Dean Martin) is from Steubenville, who you named yourself after, you character you. You're nobody till somebody loves you.

Oak is right dino, but that 's all i could come up with in my dumb ass mind at that time of thought..she was hot as shit though..& pulled the wool over everyone's head ..criminal masterminded little genius.

Good stuff, thanks for sharing, Dino. My ex from college is from there. My only one time there was for an MMA fight I was on the card for the day before thanksgiving 11 years ago. That tri-state area really brings out all types.

Thank you very much as I am well aware of all that. Your kind words are much appreciated

Steubenville was run by Calabrians, lots of them. The two top guys were Vincenzo Tripodi born in Archi and Como Quattrone, also born in Archi. They had a large crew of Calabrians that extended north into East Liverpool, OH, across the border in Weirton, WV and Wheeling, WV. Steubenville was under Pittsburgh's control and Tripodi and Quattrone were tied to Antonio Ripepi in Pittsburgh, another Calabrian. Youngstown had their own Calabrian faction run by Dominic Mallamo and Paul Romeo. Vincenzo Prato, Dominic Prato, Cheech Martel, Tony Aulisio, Dominic Triveri, Tony Zappia, Joe Marzano, Mike Romeo, Paul Romeo Jr and 'Young Mike" Romeo.

No doubt Steubenville was heavily mobbed up. They talked about that on The Greek's ESPN 30 for 30 documentary. He learned how to bet and (and lay?) the pigskin games in Steubenville's mob casinos. The DeBartolos, former 49ers owners, are from Youngstown. Don Moldea, who's written books about the NFL being fixed, Jimmy Hoffa, etc, believed the DeBartolos were mobbed up. It's Ohio, man.

Another little know fact was that one of the owners of the largest steel hauler, also from Youngstown, did a "bit" for Jimmy Hoffa. When he got out he wore an 18kt. Rolex President with the case-back engraved: My Friend
Bxxx Wxxxx
Jimmy Hoffa.

Also this weekend, Eddie DeBartolo will be Enshrined into the NFL Hall of Fame in Canton Ohio.

Holy crap. Did a little more searching on the Debartolo thing for kicks and it turns out a special agent believed Debartolo Sr., father of the 49ers' owner, took Meyer Lansky's place as mob financial adviser when Lansky started to lose his marbles.



http://www.brasscheck.com/stadium/moldea.html

DeBartolo Sr owned many banks in Florida and offered quite a few loans to men who the FBI would call suspicious or criminals.

Contrary to people's belief and the media myth about Lansky, Moe Dalitz easily had the largest net worth than any gangster in history with being close to $1 billion. Most of it legitmately after his move to Vegas.

Art Rooney Sr also laid off all his action to Wheeling, WV and the Paul Hankish organization...all overseen By Jo Jo Pecora.

I grew up in the East Liberty section of Pittsburgh where I was generally aware of Pecora et al. However, the other day, I had a conversation with my oldest sister who, apparently, knew them well. She revealed some things to me about her friendship with some of those people as well as our brother's and uncle's association. As a kid, I remember hearing some oblique references to Pecora from time to time, but this is the first time that she went into depth about them. To say the least, I am surprised. She credited our parents with keeping her from getting just too involved with them.

Geez, I wonder who carried the bags back and forth from Pittsburgh and Wheeling ;-) By any chance, did your Sister know the Santorelli family?

I have quite a few friends from Larimer Ave. Every kid on the corner knew a bookie,a loanshark or a pimp. Great area, sad to see it so declined. Reminds me of Steubenville.

I go back once or twice a year. Last time was in May. Consistently, over the last couple of decades, the Avenue looks like a film of Germany's cities at the end of WWII. Of course, the paisan are gone and it is dominated by the mulignane. It's a shame, a crying shame. Hopefully though, since Pittsburgh is booming, there are developers investing in Larimer Ave. (actually all of East Liberty) to revitalize it. In fact, the old Larimer school is one of them.

They just received a $30 million dollar grant to rebuild part of the Avenue...but they need about $200 million to force the jigs out of town. You could say the same about Homewood (an Italian enclave in the early 1900's-1930's), New Kensington, McKees Rocks, Braddock (the headquarters of the Black Hand Society in Western PA) and the Hill District to name a few. Going North, Aliquippa, New Castle, Sharon etc all went to shit when the homies moved in.

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Indeed she did. I met Joe once or twice.

anyone know what decade did they bulldoze the red light district? was it the 60's?

Second has anyone read susan guys book? mobsters madamms and murder ?

guy's book on steubenville has very little on organized crime, a few chapters.

1983 article pittsburgh press

https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1144&dat=19830227&id=7tkcAAAAIBAJ&sjid=GGEEAAAAIBAJ&pg=6991,4738845&hl=en

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hello, friend... I regard you as one of the most credible posters on this site, you can take your posts to the bank.... I'm know that, because I read a book about the 1957 meeting at appalchin, and you mentioned the Pittsburgh people who were there, and you were spot on, every man you mentioned was according to the book was there. and you had never read the book. so............. man, you know your stuff!

Ok, thanx.

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