Michael Dellacagna – “Mob Carpenter”

Michael (Mike the Hammer) Dellacagna and Colombo were also charged with desertion from the armed services. There is no public record available as to the disposition of the AWOL charges.

Michael (Mike the Hammer) - aka "Mike Hammer" - Dellacagna was born in 1918 in Brooklyn, possibly the Park Slope section. He was a lifelong resident of Kings County, residing at 1047 Remsen Ave. He resided and operated over the years in Park Slope, Gravesend, Coney Island, Canarsie, and the Mill Basin areas.

Dellacagna was a documented “soldier” in the Lucchese Family and seems to have kept a low profile, operating locally.

In 1943, as an enlisted Army man, Dellacagna was one of four young men to be arrested locally in a stolen auto. The other arrestees included Louis Bruno, Andrew Gerbino, and Carmine Colombo.

The arresting officer also found two guns in the car, a .38 revolver and 9mm Luger. All four were charged with grand larceny auto and violation of the Sullivan Law (two guns.)

Dellacagna and Colombo were also charged with desertion from the armed services. There is no public record available as to the disposition of the AWOL charges.

In 1974, after an undercover investigation by the Brooklyn Rackets Squad, detectives raided a “high stakes” dice game at 6320 Avenue N., in the Mill Basin section arresting 30 gamblers and confiscating over $21,000 in cash, dice, and various gambling equipment.

Among the 30 arrested were 5 who stood out from the crowd named by authorities as inducted members, soldiers, or captains, and all regarded as top echelon Mafia figures. All were charged with “maintenance” of a gambling establishment, promoting gambling, and possession of gaming devices.

Brooklyn D.A. Eugene Gold listed the mob figures as “soldier” Daniel Fatico, 53; “captain” Peter Palmeri, 63 (both with the Gambino Family); “soldier” Michael Dellacagna, 56; Leo Grillo, 55; (both of the Lucchese Family); and Michael Franzese, 65; (linked to the Colombo Family.)

Executing a search warrant at 3 a.m., the early morning raiders broke through a front security door with a battering ram and had to smash through two other doors to reach a basement social club where the dice were rolling.

Among others arrested in the raid were mob figures Frank LoCicero (Colombo associate,) Hyman Greenspan (Paul Vario associate,) and John Castore (Gambino soldier.) No disposition was given, but these charges were misdemeanors, so I suspect all got off with fines and/or probation.

Dellacagna was probably in a Brooklyn regime. Christopher Furnari or Paul Vario were the two most prominent crew heads operating in that area. So, most likely, Dellacagna was in one of those two crews.

He seems to have kept a relatively low profile in later years and may have been inactive by that time. Dellacagna died relatively young in 1987 at 69 years of age.

Until next time..."The Other Guy!"

Michael Dellacagna – “Mob Carpenter”

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