Several members of NY Families are residents or have visited-sometimes apparently unwillingly-the Pocono area.
MICHAEL CALABRESE: a NY bookmaker who was trying to avoid a NYC grand jury investigation, was hidden in 1965 at the home of Michael D'Alessio Sr.
THOMAS BILOTTI: memeber of the Gambino Family, and his wife own a home in Sagamore Estates. Thomas and Joseph Bilotti of Saten Island, were implicated in a bizarre shooting incident in Sept. of 1970, near the home of Michael D'Alessio Sr. D'Alessio niece, Theresa Buttino and her boyfriend Thomas D. Ernst, were shot while driving near her uncle's home. Buttino returned the fire with an automatic weapon. Ernst and Buttino identified to law enforcement that the two Bilotti's as the attackers only to withdraw their identifications the next day. In early 1971, Ernst was shot to death while leaving John D'Alessio's Staten Island home.
JOSEPH COLETTI: member of the Decalvacante Family, has owned property in Sagamore Estaes.
ALEX DIBRIZZI: member of the Genovese Family and an uncle of Michael D'Alessio Sr., has often visited Sagamore Estates.
ALEXANDER D'ALESSIO: Michael's brother and also a Gambino Family member, visited Michael at Wild Acres. Alexander rents a home at Wld Acres during the hunting season.
JOSEPH GENTILE and ERNEST LA PONZINA: members of the Colombo Family, have owned property in Mt. Crest Acres in Monroe County.