They named it their “Top Hoodlum” program, and Scalleat received the dubious honor of being listed as a “Top Echelon” target. The local office of the FBI also opened up a similar ‘anti-racketeering’ case on Joe’s brother, Albert Michael Scalleat, who was by then also the subject of an ‘Interstate Transportation of Wagering Information’ criminal gambling investigation.
Joseph Scalleat, Sr., was born on October 18, 1911, at Hazleton, Pennsylvania, one of eight children born to the Scalleat family. He resided for years at 594 Harrison Street and later moved to nearby 711 East Ninth Street, Hazleton.