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Big Jim Capotorto and the Big Shootout of 1976

by Lisa Babick
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Big Jim Capotorto was a wannabe Florida “mobster” who became too big for his britches. He got tied up in a huge narcotics trafficking case involving associates of the Gambino and Genovese families. But it was a big shootout in 1976 with Patrick (Patsy) Truglia that Big Jim met his mobster dreams.

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