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Before he was a fixture in the Bonanno Family’s suburban Long Island power base, Stefano "Steve" Menna was a Brooklyn ...
Vincenzo (The Old Man) Morsellino was exposed and labeled a Bonanno Family “Super Capo” by Nassau County D.A.
Hyman Stromberg was born in Russia on July 15, 1901 (some say 1903,) and came to the United States as a young child with his...
For many decades, Sam Scro was a shadowy underworld presence who could probably be best described as “a riddle, wrapped in a mystery, inside an...
Joseph Brancato was a decorated war hero, having allegedly singlehandedly wiped out an entire platoon of enemy German soldiers during WWII. He saved his entire...
Bonanno mobster Hank Perrone was right in the thick of things during the Bonanno War of the late 1960s between two warring factions of the...
Arthur (Artie Todd) Tortorello was a key operative and soldier in Carmine Lombardozzi's regime.
Vincent Caserta was a soldier in the Genovese Family under the leadership of Vincent (The Chin) Gigante. He was a local fixture of the Little...
Thomas Lentini was a “key” operative in the Pleasant Avenue drug trade of East Harlem. Identified by the FBI as an "associate" of the Lucchese...
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