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After his father was murdered by a member of the Porrello crime family on October 13, 1927, 16-year-old Lonardo swore revenge. On June 11, 1929, the 18-year-old Lonardo and his cousin, Dominic Sospirato, shot and killed Salvatore "Black Sam" Todaro at a cigar store owned by the Porrellos at the corner of East 110th Street and Woodland Avenue. [ 2 ]
The Cleveland crime family, also known as the Scalish crime family or the Cleveland Mafia, is an Italian-American Mafia crime family based in Cleveland, Ohio, and throughout the Greater Cleveland area. The organization formed during the 1900s, and early leadership turned over frequently due to a series of power grabs and assassinations.
Rick Porrello, a former Cleveland-area police lieutenant, wrote To Kill The Irishman: The War that Crippled the Mafia (1998), about Greene's engagement with the Mafia. He won a national non-fiction award for the book. [32] Porrello's book was adapted as a movie first entitled The Irishman: The Legend of Danny Greene. [33]
Joseph Lonardo (Italian pronunciation:; October 20, 1884 – October 13, 1927), also known as "Big Joe", was an American mobster who became the first crime boss of the Cleveland crime family, which he structured from a number of competing organized crime gangs.
The Italian-American organized crime family began when two Sicilian mafiosi known as the DiGiovanni brothers fled Sicily to Kansas City, Missouri, in 1912.Joseph "Joe Church" DiGiovanni and Peter "Sugarhouse Pete" DiGiovanni began making money from a variety of criminal operations or rackets shortly after their arrival.
Gambino crime family's Florida faction – is operating in South Florida and the Tampa Bay Area. Genovese crime family – is operating in South Florida. See soldier Albert Facchiano [8] Lucchese crime family – is operating in South Florida and Central Florida Counties of Pasco and Pinellas. [9]
Ten members and associates of the Gambino crime family were arrested and accused of strong-arming their way into New York City garbage hauling and demolition businesses, authorities said Wednesday.
Salvatore Todaro (Italian pronunciation: [salvaˈtoːre ˈtɔdaːro]; born Agosto Arcangelo; [a 1] [aˈɡosto arˈkandʒelo]; January 26, 1885 – June 11, 1929), also known as "Black Sam" and "Sam Todaro", was an American mobster who became the second boss of the Cleveland crime family.