Originally Posted By: DiNome1978
A Capeci/Mustain error . Freddy DiNome gave the name DiName when he was arrested . Capeci and Mustain attributed this to his illiteracy/dyslexia , while Freddy was dyslexic this spelling had nothing to do with it. Fact is when my grandfather , his brother , and a cousin came over from Italy like most immigrants they came through Ellis island . The clerk handling them made a suggestion that they switch the family name from DiNome to DiName , the only one who did so was the cousin because he felt it sounded more American . Years later my grandfather got a job in the court system , like most Italians from our section of Brooklyn he had some mob ties , and he thought up the idea that our family could have 2 rap sheets , one under the name DiName , and one under DiNome . For many years this worked get arrested or questioned give the name DiName , go for a good job give the name DiNome . They all had 2 birth certificates , 2 driver licenses , pretty much everything you needed to live a double identity . This actually worked for a while until Richie or his brother Paulie (don't remember which one) was arrested and caught with 2 licenses one saying DiNome and one saying DiName , after that the Feds did a little research , started looking into our family and figured out exactly what was going on and why Freddy DiNome never had any arrests , they looked at Freddy DiName and saw mug shots and fingerprints and realized they were one in the same . So by the time Freddy got pinched for his OC activities the cat was out of the bag and they were arresting him under DiNome and combining his arrest records with his arrests under DiName as well . It happened to a few other members of the family as well . There's your useless fact for the day lol


cool fact thanks for the story.