He served over five years in a prison cell for having taken the Fifth Amendment over 114 times in refusing to answer questions before a grand jury. He served his bid in Yardville State Prison in New Jersey.

Gerardo Vito (Jerry) Catena – aka “Jerry Allen” – was born in 1902 in Newark, New Jersey. He resided for many years at 21 Overhill Road in South Orange, New Jersey. This home was valued in 1962 at $50,000, a very significant sum for that era.
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