I'm not sure if this guy is made but he's a mover and a shaker in the Rochester area and allegedly is connected in Jersey also

It looks like Joe Fafone but I have not seen him in years. Fafone is connected to some made guys in the Gambino Family in Jersey. I started a thread about him

http://www.gangsterbb.net/threads/ubbthr...true#Post760333

I was about to say, everyone's favorite Puerto Rican/Italian junk mule. The guy is a piece of shit who would sell the rope to hang his own mother.

Gingello I have more pictures you want me to post them?

The link directs you to a site where you will be able to see the names of Mafia members going back to the 1920s. The charts are a result of Mr Bill Feather´s dedicated and hard work that took years to complete. Possibly, the charts are not yet finished because new info pops up all the time. I´ve been doing something similar for years (collecting names of members and researching them) and to be honest, I´m not sure I would have shared my findings so openly because the collecting is time consuming and requires hard work. So it´s extremely generous of him to share his info.

And you don´t need to thank me, to be fair, it was the poster "B" who originally posted the link on the BH forum. Not me.

I made a PDF of his Rochester Family information and it was a whopping 116 pages long!! Most thorough research since The Hammer Conspiracies...

Oldirtyfishkilla do you recognize the guy's picture at the top I"m now being told it could not be joey fafone

Hey Mikey I would love to see more pictures. Now that I look closer at this guy, he is too young to be Fafone. the connections you described made him sound like Fafone. Not sure who this guy is.

I'll see what I can do

Is that him man?

I think this is the same guy from the first picture. I think this is Carmine, he is a buffalo associate. If you ant to PM me I can give more details.

He looks like he hasn't had a thought in years! Should get a tattoo on that big cholo forehead that says "This space for rent. Se hable espanol" No wonder the mob is in such bad shape. And he looks like a hypochondriac. Type of guy that rides the subway for the first time and gets sneezed on by some junkie-lookin chedrool eating a bucket of KFC, he'd go rushing to the nearest hospital so fast your head would spin: "Doctor, Doctor, I need to be checked, I think I contracted The Virus !!" He'd flip in a NY minute! He'd have a dream he was being pinched, wake up and call the feds and say "I can't take the heat anymore! I'm ready to talk!" while they're scratching their heads on the other end: "Who is this guy again???"

Are you sure he's LCN? He looks more like a norteno jerkoff from San Jose, type of lowlife who's so far down on the economic latter that he rents a house from a couple of Filipino immigrants. "East Side San Jo por vida ese! Puro Uno catorce SK All Day puttin work on dem scrapas, holmes! Puro XIV San Jo Rifa, carnalllll!"

Just sayin.

Thanks to Gingello,I found a list of the Rochester made men and associates in all the family history here
http://mafiamembershipcharts.blogspot.it/2014/03/lennerts-rochester-list.html

As of today, the Rochester mob is considered gone, having slowly ceased to exist after the successful convictions in the 1980s. Those few members and associates still alive and not in prison are reported to be either retired or inactive. Federal investigations point out that traditional organized crime is still active in the area, but no longer controlled by a local Mafia organization. Unconfirmed reports claim there are currently some members and associates of the Buffalo Mafia Family active within the city, but it remains unclear in what kind of operations they are involved in.

I also made a list of the Rochester Mob guys that should be still active,the list must be updated



a short list of who of the Rochester Mafia maybe still active,I used inmate locator and the name that I found on it,are the only sure to be alive.If I make errors,tell me.

Accorso, Raymond -
*born approx. 1942
*arrested in gambling raid in December 1984
*arrested in connection with gambling operation in which Tony Gingello Jr., among others, figured, in December

1993

Accorso, Sam J. “Pony” -
*Rochester gambling figure
*holder of gambling stamp
*arrested in December 1964 in massive gambling bust resulting from the D&C series on local gamblers
*arrested in November 1971 in huge gambling bust, netting over 35 persons, including his wife Josephine
*arrested in March 1977 after a 15 month investigation into gambling
*arrested with sixteen others on gambling charges in September 1978


Amico, Angelo -
*son of Pasquele, brother of Samuel and Michael
*partner in Mato Flyers Club, Inc., involved in junkets to Las Vegas
*arrested in June 1970 on gambling charges
*arrested in December 1979 on gambling charges in bust netting more then 40 people
*indicted on racketeering charges in October 1987, pled guilty and in February 1989 received a fifteen year

prison sentence


ANGELO JOSEPH AMICO
Register Number: 01998-055
Age: 82
Released On: 08/03/1993

Anthopoulos, Kyriakos C. “Carlos” -
*boorn approx. 1952
*arrested on gambling charges on July 1985
*arrested on gambling charges in March 1986

Barone, Joseph S. -
*born approx. 1963
*arrested in gambling raid in December 1984

JOSEPH STEVEN BARONE
Register Number: 80860-054
Age:52
Released On: 07/29/2010

Barone, Robert P. -
*born approx. 1954
*arrested in gambling raid in December 1984
*wounded in shooting in March 1985
*testified on behalf of prosecution in 1967 racketeering trial of Loren Piccarreto and others after charges of

extortion and coersion charges aginst him had been dropped
*arrested in connection with gambling operation in which Tony Gingello Jr., among others, figured, in December

1993

Bellassai, John -
*born approx. 1956
*arrested on gambling charges in March 1986
*indicted on gambling charges in November 1987
*arrested in connection with gambling operation in which Tony Gingello Jr., among others, figured, in December

1993

Benedetto, Randy -
*born approx. 1960
*arrested on gambling charges in November 1985
*arrested in connection with gambling operation in which Tony Gingello Jr., among others, figured, in December

1993


Benincasa, Robert A. -
*born approx. 1941
*arrested in July 1985 on gambling charges, sentenced in April 1986 to six months and a fine of $1,000
*arrested in gambling raid in December 1984
*became an informant, and carried a body wire on several occassions in Rochester gambling clubs
*testified on behalf of prosecution during racketeering trial of Piccerreto, Geniola and LoDolce in 1988
*during trial, the disgust Benicasa had for the defendants became clear, leading defence attorneys to claim

Benincasa lied on the stand
*claimed to have searched foor thug to beat up and possibly kill Joseph Grock, suspected by the local mob to

be a police informant
*received probation for a charge of lying to a Grand Jury in February 1989

Broccolo, Felix “Foot” -
*born approx. 1940
*arrested in July 1985 on gambling charges, fined and oordered to Monroe County Sheriff’s Department work

program in April 1986. Sentences of Broccolo and his five co-defendants were lifted the following day
*arrested in gambling raid in December 1984
*testified on behalf of defense in 1988 racketeering trial, trying to discredit Robert Benincasa, the most

damaging prosecution witness


Bucciarelli, Michael A. “Bootsy” –
*born approx. 1952
*arrested in February 1970 gambling raid on place of Louis Mancuso and George Rosenberg
*arrested in August 1978 on gambling charges
*arrested with sixteen others on gambling charges in September 1978
*arrested in December 1979 on gambling charges in bust netting more then 40 people


Cannon, David R. -
*born approx. 1944
*arrested in July 1985 on gambling charges, fined and oordered to Monroe County Sheriff’s Department work

program in April 1986, released from sentence the following day


Celestino, Dominic “Sonny” -
*member
*arrested on gambling charges in October 1972
*arrested on gambling charges in November 1972
*indicted in July 1975 for Columbus Day bombings of 1970, charges dismissed in January 1978
*arrested in March 1977 after a 15 month investigation into gambling
*aligned with so called B-Team in underworld struggle of late 1970s
*arrested in June 1978 with Frank Frasetto, and charged with having in his possession a dangerous weapon

(switchblade)
*indicted in connection with mob war in April 1979, sentenced to 30 years in March 1980
*indicted in plot to steal 90 million dollars in April 2004

DOMINIC SONNY CELESTINO
Register Number: 00635-055
Age: 83

Released On: 11/08/2000


Chirico, Anthony -
*born approx. 1952
*son of Rosario
*associate
*aligned with B-Team during late 1970s Alphabet War
*arrested in June 1978 with Rodney Starkweather, having explosives in their possession
*arrested in August 1978 with two shotguns and a mask in his car
*indicted in November 1978 in connection with ongoing mob war, sentenced to 15 years in March 1980

Cocilava, James -
*born approx. 1956
*arrested on gambling charges in March 1986

Cocilava, John -
*born approx. 1960
*arrested on gambling charges on July 1985
*charged with aidfing Taddeo as a fugitive in April 1989
*indicted on narcotics charges in February 1991, together with Dominic Taddeo

Cocilava, Richard Jr. -
*charged with aidfing Taddeo as a fugitive in April 1989
*indicted on narcotics charges in February 1991, together with Dominic Taddeo

Cocilava, Richard J. Sr. -
*born approx. 1955
*father of John, Richard and Robert
*indicted in July 1987 on gambling charges

Cocilava, Robert C. -
*born approx. 1959
*arrested in November 1985 gambling raid, charged with selling liquor withoout a license
*arrested on gambling charges in March 1986
*charged with aidfing Taddeo as a fugitive in April 1989
*indicted on narcotics charges in February 1991, together with Dominic Taddeo

Colangello, Nicholas J. Jr. -
*born approx. 1942
*arrested in December 1979 gambling raid netting more then 40
*arrested in March 1982 on charges of selling liquor without a license
*arrested in gambling raid in December 1984
*implicated with Thomas Marotta in money laundering scheme in 1999/2000

Colombo, Anthony –
*arrested on charges of assault with Rene Piccarreto in March 1982, after having beat one Charles Joseph

Perotti III after Perotti had greeted Piccarreto
*indicted in new Massaro murder case and slaying of Thomas Didio in November 1982, sentenced to 40 years in

prison in December 1984
*arrested in March 1979 on weapon charges, after allegedly staking out Angelo DeMarco in order to shoot him
*at the time of indictment, stewart of Local 398

Comfort, Paul -
*Rochester gambling figure
*holder of gambling stamp
*arrested in gambling bust in May 1970, together with nine others
*subpoenaed before 1970 Grand Jury investigating gambling
*arrested on gambling charges in January 1972 with several others
*together with several others, including Pittston mob boss Russell Bufalino, charged with a variety of crimes

in April 1973, charges based on information provided by Joseph Zito.
*with several others arrested in August 1974 and charged with a variety of charges, including robberies and

beatings
*arrested in gambling bust netting 32 persons in November 1979
*arrested in December 1979 on gambling charges in bust netting more then 40 people
*aligned with C-Team in early 1980s mob struggle
*arrested in March 1982 on weapon charges with Raymond Sampson, sentenced to one year in August 1983

Comfort, Robert R. “Bobby” -
*escaped Monroe County jail with five other inmates in November 1959
*was with Norman Huck the night he was killed, claimed to have dropped Huck off at nightclub
*indicted in connection with credit card fraud case in October 1971
*involved in 1972 robbery of Hotel Pierre in New York, taking an estimated $4,000,000 in jewelry, securities

and cash
*with Gerald Pelusio when he was gunned down on August 27, 1982

Corey, Donald -
*born approx. 1938
*operator of Corey’s Tavern
*arrested in October 1979 on gambling charges, charges dismissed in January 1986


Cutaia, Salvatore “Sam” -
*born approx. 1941
*indicted in November 1989 on gambling charges, in what authorities described as a highly organized operation,

charges dismissed in October 1990
*arrested in connection with gambling operation in which Tony Gingello Jr., among others, figured, in December

1993


D’Agostino, Philip -
*born approx. 1930
*arrested in February 1970 gambling raid netting a total of 16 Rochester gambling figures
*arrested with among others Orlando Paone and Ignatzio Castellano in December 1970 gambling raid
*indicted on gambling charges in November 1987


D’Ambrosia, Albert -
*indicted in connection with large gambling operation in March 1975, the result of his arrest with several

other in January earlier that year
*arrested in October 1979 on gambling charges
*arrested on gambling charges in December 1979, charges dismissed in January 1986

DeCarolis, Robert -
*born approx. 1952
*assoociate of Rochester Mafia figure, acting a enforcer, during 1980s
*leader of “the Brotherhood”, a motorcycle gang
*accused of bombing a Greece town house in 1984, in order to intimidate the woman living there (former

girlfriend of DeCarolis)
*arrested in connection with cocaine distribution in October 1988
*received a 3 years prison sentence in August 1989 for the boombing of his former girlfriend’s residence, and

2 and a half year for operating a gambling club

DeLorm, Robert -
*born approx. 1952
*arrested in August 1978 on gambling charges

DiCesare, Patsy “Dang Dang” -
*subpoenaed before 1970 Grand Jury investigating gambling
*arrested on gambling charges in August 1974
*arrested in March 1977 after a 15 month investigation into gambling
*arrested in September 1978 on gambling charges with sixteen others
*arrested in gambling bust netting 32 persons in November 1979
*indicted on gambling charges in July 1987

DiCiaccio, Cosmo -
*born approx. 1933
*indicted in November 1989 on gambling charges, in what authorities described as a highly organized operation,

charged with bribery


DiFilippo, Luigi -
*born approx. 1938
*indicted in Indovino linked counterfeiting case in January 1987

DiGuilo, Louis Albert –
*associate
*aligned with C-Team in early 1980s mob struggle
*charged in connection with Fiorino murder, due to cooperation received a sentence of 5 to 10 years in prison

in February 1984
*started cooperating with authorities in June 1982, after having spend six months in jail, due to failure of

Thomas Torpey and Thomas Taylor to provide him and his family with help. Based on DiGuilio’s confessions,

arrest warrant signed for Taylor and Torpey

DiNapoli, Philip -
*born approox. 1941
*arrested in gambling raid in December 1984
*arrested in November 1985 on gambling charges

DiPrima, Edward “Fast Eddie” -
*born approx. 1937
*indicted in November 1989 on gambling charges, in what authorities described as a highly organized operation,

charged with bribery

EDWARD DIPRIMA
Register Number: 03713-055
Age: 76
Released On: 01/15/1991

Domizio, Ralph G. -
*born approx. 1949
*arrested in August 1978 on gambling charges

Downey, Edward (possibly Downing) -
*born approx. 1953
*inside Donald Paone’s gambling club when the place was bombed in June 1978, during the late 1970s mob

struggle known as the Alphabet War
*arrested on gambling charges in December 1978, with Donald Paone and Frank Pagelli

Falzone, Anthony J. -
*alleged member
*holder of gambling stamp
*subpoenaed before 1970 Grand Jury investigating gambling
*arrested in November 1971 in huge gambling bust, netting over 35 persons
*files a false arrest suit in connection with November 1971 arrest in February 1972, claiming the arrest had

damaged his name and reputation, despite seven earlier gambling related arrests
*arrested in March 1977 after a 15 month investigation into gambling
*arrested with sixteen others on gambling charges in September 1978
*indicted in November 1989 on gambling charges, in what authorities described as a highly organized operation,

charged with bribery
*while bribery charges for others figuring in this case were in connection with buying protection from local

police, Falzone was charged with trying to influence the outcome of the Angelo Amico racketeering case,

charges dismissed in October 1990


Fenicchia, Laurence -
*born approx. 1953
*nephew through marriage of Charles Indovino
*indicted in Indovino linked counterfeiting case in January 1987

Fico, Joseph -
*arrested in connection with gambling operation in which Tony Gingello Jr., among others, figured, in December

1993

Fowler, Michael -
*boorn approx. 1953
*arrested on gambling charges in August 1984


Leonardo, Anthony Jr. -
*born approx. 1947
*noted criminal defense lawyer
*attorney for William Mahoney in 1979-1980 civil rights trial
*opens Club Titanic in July 1999 with partners Anthony Vaccaro and David Cashion
*plotted to murder his partner in a nightclub, Vaccaro, in March 2000, gave Albert Ranieri key to club in

order to ambush Vaccaro. Plot not carried out, Vaccaro murdered some six weeks later
*allegdly also plotted with Ranieri the murder of his other partner, David Cashion, but ploot also not carried

out
*arrested in December 2000 on charges of distributing cocaine
*plead guilty to charges of money laundering, plootting to kill Anthony Vaccaro and conspiracy to distribute

cocaine in August 2001, agreed to testify against codefendants in exchange for 12 year prison sentence

ANTHONY F LEONARDO
Register Number: 10704-055
Age: 66
Released On: 01/23/2014

LeStrange, Richard -
*born approx. 1950
*indicted on narcotics charges in February 1991, together with Dominic Taddeo

LoDolce, Joseph -
*indicted in new Massaro murder case and slaying of Thomas Didio in November 1982
*at the time of indictment, stewart of Local 398
*indicted on racketeering charges in October 1987
*while on bail awaiting his sentencing in 1988 rackettering case, was accused of sexually abusing a 10 year

old boy
*senteneced to seven years in June 1989 in racketeering case

JOSEPH LODOLCE
Register Number: 04760-016
Age: 72
Released On: 01/13/1994


Longinotti, John J. -
*born approx. 1942
*arrested in July 1985 on gambling charges, fined and oordered to Monroe County Sheriff’s Department work

program in April 1986
*arrested in gambling raid in December 1984

Margiotta, Joseph -
*associate
*linked to car bombing of Joseph DiBattisto in July 1985 and shooting of Robert Barone in March 1985, recieved

20 year sentence in September 1987 for his part in the bombing case (to run concurrently with counterfeiting

sentence)
*figured in counterfeiting case with Charles Indovino in 1986, sentenced to 25 years in September 1987

Marotta, Thomas -
*born in 1942 in Rochester
*member
*arrested on gambling charges in October 1972
*arrested on gambling charges in November 1972
*charged in June 1975 with plot to murder Monroe County Sheriff figures William Lombard and William Mahoney
*charged with the 1973 Massaro murder in June 1975, found guilty in November 1976 and sentenced to prison
*freed in January 1977, after it became known evidence in the Massaro case was fabricated, a revelation which

eventually resulted in a major scandal and civil rights violation lawsuits by several of the mobsters
*one of leaders of so called A-Team in underworld struggle of late 1970s
*indicted in new Massaro murder case and slaying of Thomas Didio in November 1982, sentenced to 20 years in

prison in December 1984
*shot, allegedly by C-Team on April 12, 1983, and again on November 10, 1983, again survived
*After Dominic Taddeo’s arrest in 1989, it was stated Rene Piccarreto had ordered both shootings, in 1992,

Taddeo would plead guilty to charges including the two Marotta shootings
*paroled in 1996
*implicated ina variety of charges by Cleveland crime figure and FBI informant Anthony Delmonti after release

from prison
*”inititiated” Delmonti into Rochester Mafia a phony ritual, with FBI agents monitoring the event in the room

nextdoor
*pleads guilty to charges of cocaine distributing, money laundering (same scheme as Leonardo Jr.),

transporting stoolen cars and tarnsfering stolen food stamps in May 2002

Marrapese, David J. -
*with several others arrested in August 1974 and charged with a variety of charges, including robberies and

beatings
*arrested in gambling bust netting 32 persons in November 1979

THOMAS E MAROTTA
Register Number: 03544-016
Age: 71
Released On: 02/11/2011


Masters, Carl -
*charged in November 1982 in connection with gambling ring

Miller, Mark J. -
*born approx. 1955
*arrested in August 1978 on gambling charges

Monachino, Charles -
*born approx. 1937
*associate
*brother of Angelo
*indicted in January 1975 on theft charges, connected with Zeke Zimmerman, started cooperating with

authorities in January 1975

Nardozzi, David -
*associate
*professional burglar and safe cracker
*eventually became an FBI informant
*in late 1990s, tried to get Tom Marotta to give his approval for Nardozzi to shoot a police officer,

suposedly in an attempt to seduce Marotta into comitting a criminal act

Pacheo, Israel -
*born approx. 1951
*indicted on gambling charges in July 1987

Pagelli, Frank -
*born approx. 1946
*arrested in March 1977 after a 15 month investigation into gambling
*arrested on gambling charges in December 1978, with Donald Paone and Edward Downey

Paone, Donald -
*alleged member
*son of Orlando Paone
*arrested in February 1970 gambling raid netting a total of 16 Rochester gambling figures
*arrested on gambling charges in April 1971
*arrested on gambling charges in October 1972
*arrested on gambling charges in November 1972
*arrested on gambling charges in November 1974
*arrested in March 1977 after a 15 month investigation into gambling
*aligned with so called A-Team during late 1970s underworld war
*operator of Social Club of Monroe, gambling joint bombed in May 1978 during so called Alphabet War. An

unexploded pipe bomb had been found in front of the club in January that same year
*Club bombed again in June 1978, while Paone, his father and Edward Downing were inside the building
*arrested on gambling charges in December 1978, with Edward Downey and Frank Pagelli
*arrested in January 1982 on weapon charges, together with Joseph Rossi, sentenced to 1 year in September 1983
*arrested in March 1982 for hindering police officers making arrests in social club
*indicted in new Massaro murder case and slaying of Thomas Didio in November 1982, sentenced to 20 years in

prison in December 1984
*indicted on racketeering charges in October 1987, in January 1988 sentenced to 3 more years after pleading

guilty


Pelitera, Christopher -
*born approx. 1960
*associate
*figured in counterfeiting case with Charles Indovino in 1986
*linked to car bombing of Joseph DiBattisto in July 1985 and shooting of Robert Barone in March 1985


Pelusio, Michael –
*member of C-Team in early 1980s mob struggle
*arrested within hours of Gerald’s slaying carrying a shotgun in the car, sentenced to five years in prison on

weapon charges in May 1983
*charged with assault in March 1982, after having beat Sam Accorso inside the 44 Club as a warning to

established Mafia, sentenced to 2 to 6 years in August 1983
*indicted on assault charges in October 1983, the result of a bar fight

Pelusio, Thomas A. -
*arrested in January 1982 on weapon charges, together with Thomas Taylor
*charged with assault in March 1982, after having beat Sam Accorso inside the 44 Club as a warning to

established Mafia, sentenced to 2 to 6 years in August 1983
*identified as leader of C-Team after arrests of Torpey and Taylor in June 1982
*arrested within hours of Gerald’s slaying carrying a shotgun in the car, sentenced to five years in prison on

weapon charges in May 1983
*started cooperating with authorities in July 1984
*according to Pelusio’s confessions, he was aligned with A-Team during late 1970s mob war, and could implicat

several of the Massaro murder trial defendants in the Didio slaying

Piccarreto, Loren -
*member
*son of Rene
*stewart in Local 435
*indicted on assault charges in December 1982, after having slapped, chocked and threatened a union member who

spoke out against mob involvement in the union, no verdict reached in March 1983
*arrested on charges of illegal liquor sales in February 1983
*indicted on racketeering charges in October 1987, sentenced to seven years in prison in June 1989

LOREN PICCARRETO
Register Number: 01996-055
Age: 62
Released On: 01/21/1994

Piccarreto, Rene James “Rennie, The Painter” -
*member of Rochester Mafia
*son of Vito
*plead guilty to gambling charges in August 1948, in case involving among others Jake Russo
*arraigned on extortion charges with John J. Imburgia in April 1968
*arrested on loitering charges in June 1970, with among others Joseph Fino and Roy Carlisi, Buffalo Mafia

members
*arrested in August 1970 gambling raid
*owned residence in California, were he started a real estate company with several partners, among them Sam

Russotti, Sam Gingello and Joseph Tiraborelli
*arrested in May 1975 on extortion charges, being accused of attempting to take over the numbers operation of

Joseph Lippa, one of the biggest independent numbers operators in the area
*charged with the 1973 Massaro murder in June 1975, found guilty in November 1976 and sentenced to prison
*freed in January 1977, after it became known evidence in the Massaro case was fabricated, a revelation which

eventually resulted in a major scandal and civil rights violation lawsuits by several of the mobsters
*indicted in July 1975 for Columbus Day bombings of 1970
*indicted in April 1976 on arson charges
*one of leaders of so called A-Team in underworld struggle of late 1970s
*arrested on charges of assault with Anthony Colombo in March 1982, after having beat one Charles Joseph

Perotti III after Perotti had greeted Piccarreto
*indicted in new Massaro murder case and slaying of Thomas Didio in November 1982, sentenced to 40 years in

prison in December 1984
*target of C-Team in Spring of 1982, according to confessions of Thomas Pelusio, plot never carried out
*released from prison in June 2007


RENE PICCARRETO RIP



Polidori, Quinto Leo –
*born approx. 1937
*charged with attempted grand larceny in August 1975, charges dismissed in February 1976
*moved to Arizona, employed by Frederico Jr.
*named by reporters working on “Arizona Project” as being a former Rochester Mafia figure


Primerano, Samuel Joseph -
*born approx. 1958
*indicted on narcotics charges in February 1991, together with Dominic Taddeo

Quinn, John R. -
*born approx. 1940
*figured in counterfeiting case with Charles Indovino in 1986
*linked to car bombing of Joseph DiBattisto in July 1985 and shooting of Robert Barone in March 1985
*cooperated with authorities, claimed to have been paid by Indovino for DiBattistoo bombing, as well as

handling loansharking operation on behalf of Indovino
*sentenced to five years on counterfeiting charges in October 1987, after having testified in the bombing case

against Indoovino and Pelitera

Ranieri, Albert –
*born approx. 1964
*involved in 10,800,000 armored truck heist in June 1990
*arrested in July 1992 with his father, but no charges were brought and both were released
*teamed up with Anthony Leonardo Jr. in late 1990s, involved in variety of crimes with him, including

narcotics distributioon and the plot to murder Anthony Vaccaro
*shoots to death Anthony Vaccaro on May 5, 2000
*sentenced to 30 years in prison in April 2003 on charges relating to both Leonardo and the 1990 truck heist

ALBERT RANIERI
Register Number: 10701-055
Age: 49
Located at: Loretto FCI
Release Date: 02/17/2027

Reitano, Rocco D. -
*born approx. 1936
*indicted on gambling charges in August 1987, alleged to be operator of 44 Club, sentenced to 1 year and 1 day

in prison in May 1988


ROCCO D REITANO
Register Number: 01984-055
Age: 77
Released On: 03/10/1989

Rivoli, Jack B. Jr. -
*born approx. 1948
*arrested on gambling charges on July 1985
*arrested in November 1985 gambling raid, charged with selling liquor without a license
*indicted on gambling charges in July 1987


JACK RIVOLI
Register Number: 01966-055
Age: 66
Race: White
Sex: Male
NOT IN BOP CUSTODY
Release Date: UNKNOWN

Rivoli, Michael B. -
*born approx 1948
*arrested in August 1978 on gambling charges

Rivoli, Salvatore Jr. -
*arrested in October 1970 on gambling charges with 26 others

Schwasman, Wayne -
*born approx. 1948
*indicted on narcotics charges in February 1991, together with Dominic Taddeo

WAYNE SCHWASMAN
Register Number: 03750-055
Age: 66
Released On: 03/24/1994

Sciano, Charles P -
*born approx. 1949
*operator of 1455 Club, a Russotti linked gambling joined bombed in May 1978
*arrested in August 1978 on gambling charges
*arrested with sixteen others on gambling charges in September 1978
*arrested in gambling bust netting 32 persons in November 1979
*arrested in December 1979 on gambling charges in bust netting more then 40 people
*arrested on gambling charges in March 1985

Sciolino, Joseph Vincent -
*born approx. 1938
*charged with attempted grand larceny in August 1975, charges dismissed in February 1976
*moved to Arizona, employed by Frederico Jr.
*named by reporters working on “Arizona Project” as being a former Rochester Mafia figure in 1977
*at that time was serving a three year sentence on a forgery charge

Simonetti, Raymond -
*born approox. 1941
*indicted in 1989 on gambling charges, in what authorities described as a highly organized operation


Spinnachia, Richard S. -
*born approx. 1955
*arrested in August 1978 on gambling charges
*arrested on gambling charges in March 1985
*indicted on gambling charges in November 1987

Furio, great stuff thanks!

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Beautiful picture and welcome to the board

Thank you

Welcome AmyJ.

Welcome AmyJ. I believe it is indeed Dominic in your picture. thank you for sharing. I have the pleasure of knowing Dominic and I would be happy to answer any questions you have as best I can. Here is a somewhat current picture of Sonny.

Gingello that's a cool avatar it reminds me of an old ed hardy shirt I had

Welcome on the forum AmyJ.

Angelo Amico died years ago. http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/democra...p;pid=149562882

How come Tony Gingello Sr., Tony Gingello Jr., Frassetto, Torpey and Taylor were left off of here?

I may be able to help add to this...

gingello check pms when u get a chance

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Was Rochester Mobster Jake Russo Strangled In This Restaurant Basement?

https://www.democratandchronicle.co...nk-valenti-apalachin-meeting/2191800002/

http://www.gangsterbb.net/threads/ubbthreads.php?ubb=newpost&Board=8

Rochester Mafia Murder Timeline: New Info On Cold-Case Hit Sheds Light On Boss’ Slaying

Scott Burnstein

Last week, a voice from the grave went on-record about a cold-case mob hit from upstate New York when The Democrat & Republic newspaper printed excerpts from a 2009 video-taped interview with retired Rochester mob consigliere Rene (The Painter) Piccarreto about what happened to Jake Russo, the city’s mafia don in the early 1960s who disappeared in 1964.

The debonair Piccarreto died of natural causes in 2014, living in California. In the years before he passed, he was recorded telling a filmmaker that Russo was strangled to death in the basement of a Rochester restaurant and lounge on September 12, 1964, killed because he clashed with Buffalo mob chief Stefano (The Undertaker) Magaddino over a street tax Magaddino was trying to levy on the rackets in Rochester. Russo’s body has never been unearthed

Russo’s grisly demise foreshadowed the violent unrest that would go on to plague the city’s mob in the coming decades. The Alphabet Wars of the 1970s and early 1980s dominated the headlines and decimated the syndicate to the core. Equally well liked and well groomed, Piccarreto was the Rochester mob’s consigliere from 1964 until he was jailed in 1984.

Below is a blow-by-blow account of all the city’s biggest mob murders:

Rochester Mob Murder Timeline (1964-1983)

September 12, 1964 – Rochester mafia boss Jake Russo disappears on his way to a meeting at Frank Valenti’s restaurant The Quill Room. Valenti consolidated mob interests in Rochester in the 1950s before being booted from the state for legal problems and then returning to assume the throne in Russo’s absence. Russo had refused to pay a tribute to Buffalo mob don Stefano (The Undertaker) Magaddino and offended Magaddino by threatening to go over his head to resolve the issue.

February 23, 1965 – Rochester mob enforcer Dominic (The Deacon) Alloco is shot in the back of the head, hogtied and tossed in a field in Walworth, New York after accruing substantial gambling debts.

September 21, 1967 – Rochester mob soldier John (Johnny Broadway) Cavagrotti vanishes. He is last seen getting into a car with local gangland rising star Salvatore (Sammy G) Gingello. Cavagrotti was feuding with Valenti over how much money from Cavagrotti’s bookmaking business Valenti was entitled to as boss.

December 22, 1967 – Rochester mob collector Norman (Big Norm) Huck is slain after disrespecting Valenti and several of his men at a restaurant by taking a bottle of wine off their table and smashing it.

March 11, 1969 – Rochester mob figure Ricky Visconte is killed after getting into a beef with Rochester mafia hit man Vincent (Jimmy the Hammer) Massaro over a woman.

February 18, 1970 – Rochester mob captain Billy (The Wolf) Lupo is found shot to death slumped behind the wheel of his car. Lupo had once served as Frank Valenti’s bodyguard and driver. Sammy Gingello is named a capo and assumes control of Lupo’s crew.

December 14, 1970 – Rochester wiseguy Billy Constable is killed for trying to muscle in on mob rackets.

June 5, 1972 – Rochester mob soldier Dominic Chirico, Valenti’s most trusted lieutenant and enforcer is shot-gunned to death outside his girlfriend’s apartment building. Valenti flees the state and Sam (Red) Russotti takes his place in the wake of Valenti getting exposed for stealing from the organization.

April 3, 1973 — African-American Rochester mob associate Ernie White is killed, his body dumped under a local bridge, the day after he was part of an armed-robbery crew that knocked off a Department of Motor Vehicles office in Irondequoit, New York.

November 23, 1973 – Heavily-feared Rochester mob enforcer Vincent (Jimmy the Hammer) Massaro, a Valenti loyalist, is killed and stuffed in the trunk of his car after bucking under the thumb of the city’s new mafia regime.

April 23, 1978 – High-profile Rochester mob underboss Salvatore (Sammy G) Gingello is killed in a car bombing in front of Ben’s Café Society Social Club, setting off the Alphabet Wars. The Russotti and Gingello faction of the organization became known as the A Team. Their former acting boss Tommy Didio, who opposed their leadership, was dubbed the B Team. Gingello’s bodyguards, Tommy Torpey and Tommy Taylor, would go on to start the so-called C Team.

July 6, 1978 – Renegade Rochester mob chief and B Team boss Tommy Didio is machine-gunned to death inside a room at the Exit 45 Motel in Victor, New York.

December 17, 1981 – Rochester mob capo and labor union leader John (Johnny Flowers) Fiorino is shot-gunned to death outside the Blue Gardenia restaurant by John (Mad Dog) Sullivan, on orders of the C Team. The Blue Gardenia was a favorite area mob haunt of that era. Fiorino was a Teamsters vice-president.

May 25, 1982 – Rochester mobster and C Team member Nick Mastrodonato is slain allegedly by an A Team gunmen.

August 26, 1982 – Rochester mobster and C Team member Gerry Pelusio is killed in a hail of shot-gun fire in an attack on him and his brother and fellow C Team affiliate Tommy Pelusio.

April 2, 1983 – Rochester mobster and C Team member Dino Tortarice is killed outside his home.

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Met Benny,his wife , and Russ and a cousin a long time ago.Thought the whole family were great people.I don't know anything about them having anything to do with the mob. My memory is they worked for City of Utica and the wife was a teacher. Benny was a really nice guy on a personal level. Very friendly and polite gentleman. And Russ was was also a good guy in how he treated people. Benny talked about having been from the Bronx and able to go on his roof and see NY Giants play in Polo Grounds and Yankees play at Yankee Stadium from his roof. Sorry to hear Benny is no longer around.Wish Russ and his family the best.