Taccetta did participate. No doubt about it. Craparotta was the single biggest bookie in Ocean County in those times. He was definitely no used car salesman. There were multiple issues going on there, he was to be beaten to scare his nephews into paying for operating their business on the Point Pleasant boardwalk. Which he refused to get involved in. Then he was also claiming he was with the "Bruno" family and at times he was with the "Lucheses'". Then the "Bonnano's" all of which was false. Whichever family he could say he was with which would help him the most say he was with. Ultimately "Fat Tony" settled the beef and made a ton of money as the broker. In the end Craparotta couldn't keep his mouth shut and Martin went too far. that's the reader's digest version. Martin is guilty as sin in my opinion, Ricciardi and his brother are both rats and were involved in the S. Hall fire investigation. But that's another story for another time.