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Sorry HairyPalms...you were amusing for a few minutes, now you just clutter my screen...you using the word "Hitman" was as much as I could take without losing brain cells

So this one goes out to all those who think they are experts on the LCN becuse they post on internet forums, read abserd media accounts and laughable FBI intel and claim there is no Buffalo activity in Vegas.......what casino operator in both Vegas and AC was BORN into association with the Arm (the Buffalo family)and has been quietly their laisaon since the 90s, and has been so insulated and buffered, no law enforcement agancy has ever been able to even say a bad thing about him?
Bonus poimts in you know his birth name as well as his changed name

TheArm for 500 points?

I wish...LOL
A hint, he was born in New England and raised in Upstate NY, his family was, among other things,in the furniture business

None of you guys who have “been researching LCN for years” has a clue or cares tom take a stab at this huh?
I am deeply disapointed

I think no one really cares.

Tell me have you ever run across any Louisiana guys in your heyday?

I have family in Louisiana, the grandchildren of folks who bypasses Ellis island. According to family stories I had a great uncle who was an associate of the Marcello family way back, but that has never been confirmed...BTW...the Casino owner is question is Steve Wynn

I figured that they are few and far between down here

The Marcello family imploded because the old guard thought they were going to live forever, and the younger members and associates found being semi legit in real estate and housing and commercial renovation more comfortable and profitable. Katrina made fortunes for some of these guys. You want to see what would be the Marcello family if it still existed, you will find them eating dinner at Mosca's with their wives and kids.

Kind of like how the old Elmwood Park Crew of the Outfit imploded after guys like Johnny DiFronzo and Joe Andriacchi got tired of the street rackets after making millions of their own in real estate and construction. The Arm, your knowledge of Buffalo and Chicago vis a via Rockford is somewhat of a clue as to your identity perhaps?? Or perhaps as to whom you may have known??? There is a well-known link between The Outfit and The Arm as I'm sure you are aware

Lets just say the link you describe is more than a single individual, and yes I know them well....this is why I measure my words carefully. I stumbled on this site, and thought I might shed some light on some things,. dispel some myths and cleanse my soul a little

Fair enough...:) the single individual is far and away the most famous though. His nephews are here in Chicago as well, no?? The famous guy's brother was a somebody in Buffalo as well and I believe his son is an attorney?? The links between the Families are of tremendous interest to me. Chicago&Buffalo, Chicago&Geneveses thru the Ebolis, Chicago & Papalardo in Cleveland, etc..

His nephews in Edison park, and yes the nephew is a lawyer in Buffalo. You mention Cleveland...Kudos. Not many people realize while there is no more Cleveland family, a lot of links between the East and Midwest still run past Mayfield road

Isn;t it true that the Rockford guys are in cahoots with Solly D's guys up in Lake Co??? And the "free agents" of the old EP Crew...don't they answer to Cicero via Melrose Park nowadays??

best white clam in the world Sally's in New Haven...Pepes a close 2nd

They have always been close to the lake County crew and they picked up a lot of free agents and made them their own, not the least of them being "Pooch's" old crew from Northern Cook county.
A lot of guys from the he Melrose crew hang out at St Ambrogio's, which is why the key hole peeking FBI gets confused and lists Rockford guys as "Chicago associates"

this is too good. Arm you gotta lie down before you hurt yourself buddy. Also it wouldn't hurt to see a psychiatrist. I know a good one you can call

Arm knows he's full of crap. He's just enjoying the attention while it lasts.

100% agree on a White Clams at Sally's! Joey Garlic's has great New Haven style pizza as well with wicked sweet potato fries!

Not really a link between Chicago and Papalardo in Cleveland. RJ was a nobody in the early 1980's, dealt some dope. The true link between Chicago & Cleveland was between Joey Doves and Angelo Lonardo as well as Maishe Rockman & Gus Alex. Scalish was close to Accardo through Tony Milano, the former king of Murray Hill.

Love these wikipedia scholers who think they actually know something

Be careful when saying Scalish was "close" to Accardo, they had a fragile amicable truce at best after Fratiano exposed the old beefs and let both sides know what the other had been saying and thinking.

where in Mass are you from JCB?

Southeast Massachusetts, small town on the South Shore

There was a lot of business done between Chicago and Cleveland, especially during the Scalish-Accardo years. Scalish's brother in law Maishe Rockman was close to Allan Dorfman, Gus Alex and one of his closest lifelong friends was Bill Presser, arguably one of the most powerful members of the Teamsters executive board. I never said there wasn't any distrust between the two of them (Accardo/Scalish), but they did a lot of business together, mainly because both had high ranking Teamster officials that had the ability to make things happen.

Come on man EVERYONE knows about Mosca's, people in China have heard of Mosca's...

Is the that the place where they call the chow mein combo the "Number One"?

That would be the one!

Yes there are links between Papalardo and Chicago that go back to time spent in the joint together in the 1960's and 1970's when the acquaintance was first made. The Chicago guy was a member of the Hanhardt Burglary Crew and was quite friendly with Johnny DIfronzo.his name is Carmine Jannece-google him...a real sleeper

Although you appear knowledgeable on many subjects and aspects of the mob in the Buffalo area I cannot verify what you say and so personally, not that it matters, nor that you care, but Im undecided on your legitimacy.

The issue I wish to press is your above statements.

The suggestion that Hamilton is still 'under' Buffalo is, patenently absurd. In 'your' day this may have been vaguely the case but at best, near the end of the teather.

That Buffalo could excercise influence over the N'drangheta and further in Toronto is well, vastly over-reaching, imo.