Joseph Guerriero was a smart and nervy soldier in the DeCavalcante Family and a rackets “boss” of the New Britain section of Connecticut. He was said to have been allied with Genovese soldier Girolamo Santuccio, and mob gamblers Thomas DeVito, John (Money Bags) Parente, Nicholas (Jimmy the Greek) Japes, and Patriarca Family soldier Americo (Rico) Petrillo, all of the Hartford area, who operated and controlled a major weekly dice game.
