Joseph (Bayonne Joe) Zicarelli was a very close associate and trusted partner of Lilo Galante and the overall Bonanno Family hierarchy.
Authorities were told by informants that “Bayonne Joe” had been tapped by underboss Lilo Galante to oversee Lilo’s gambling racket operations while Galante was fighting his narcotics trafficking trial in 1960.
Although he would eventually gain much notoriety and be arrested several times during the late 1960s forward, Zicarelli was an important mafioso in the New Jersey underworld.
Continue reading to learn more about Bayonne Joe Zicarelli and his far-flung exploits and rackets.