Just want to write up a little article on Al to see if anyone could shed some more light on this guy.
Pizzichino was born in Missouri in 1903. His record shows a first arrest in 1925 in Kansas City for peddling narcotics at the age of 22. He later was sentenced to two to three year term in Colorado Penn on bootlegging charge. In Kansas City he was reportedly connected with Frank Benaggio, politician and top racketeer, who was later assassinated during a "hood gang war. Pizzichino was in Kansas at the time of the murder.
Among his known associates are William Clement, Kelly and Frank Rosciano, both with long records for robbery, to which activities Pizzichino has allegedly been linked. He has likewise been linked with robbery activities of another of his associates, Vance Linden Anderson.
In 1955, Pizzichino was arrested on charges of grand theft and bribery in connection with the Southern California liquor license scandals.
Pizzichino was hired in 1957 in attempt to enforce a minimum price in the barber business in the San Fernando Valley. For several years prior to this, there had been acts of violence against certain shop. Among these acts were rocks thrown through windows and roofs, explosives used and telephone threats. At the time Pizzichino was hired, a fund of $5,000 had been raised to be paid to anyone who could maintain a minimum price. An industry official stated that they had hired an "angent to bring them into line". When questioned as to how this could be accomplished, he stated, "Well, there are a lot of little things you can do. This Guy Al Pitts(Pizzichino) has a couple of red-tied boys from Cleveland and Chicago to back him up in case these guys balk."
Joe Sica was associated with Pizzichino in this operation. Sica stated, at the time, that he wanted to remain in the background but anything that Pizzichino did had his full support and vice versa.
He is a very close associate of both Joe and Fred Sica and is seen much in the company of each.