Here is an article in the Pittsburgh Post Gazette. It features Roger Gennbank of the FBI's OC squad, who I have had the pleasure of working with on research projects. This article was written by Torsten Ove of the post gazette, who I consider to be a very honest, resourceful investigative journalist and very knowledgeable on the Pittsburgh LCN.
I have FBI files on Genovese, LaRocca, and a very interesting capo from Pittsburgh named Antonio Ripepi. Ripepi is from the same region in Reggio Calabria, Italy as my whole family as well as many "early" racketeers from Youngstown. He was maybe as powerful as LaRocca because of his direct connections to the Ndrangheta, which is Calabria, Italy's version of the mafia. They are feared and brutal. Ripepi's son in law was John Bazzano Jr., who's father was one of the first mafia bosses in Pittsburgh/Western PA. He was an old time "zip." I will post a few more articles that are very repuatble and accurate. I have included articles on bazzano Jr. and Ripepi. Stay tuned.
