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The DeCavalcante crime family, also known as the North Jersey crime family or the North Jersey Mafia, is an Italian-American Mafia crime family that operates mainly in northern New Jersey, particularly in Elizabeth, [2] Newark, West New York [4] and the surrounding areas.
Wendy Wolin (August 20, 1958 – March 8, 1966) was a 7-year-old American girl stabbed to death by a stranger with a hunting knife outside her home in the vicinity of Irvington Avenue and Prince Street near the Elizabeth River in a then-upscale area of Elizabeth, New Jersey. Her murderer, despite witnesses, was never identified. [1] [2] [3] [4]
Girolamo "Jimmy" Palermo (May 16, 1938 – February 6, 2014) was an Italian-born American mobster and longtime underboss of the DeCavalcante crime family in Elizabeth, New Jersey, under the imprisoned boss Giovanni "John the Eagle" Riggi.
Giovanni "John the Eagle" Riggi (February 1, 1925 – August 3, 2015) was a New Jersey mobster and member of the DeCavalcante crime family since the 1940s, before the family had acquired its name. Riggi was the leader of the "Elizabeth crew" in the family when he was a Caporegime. He had been the acting boss during the 1970s and became the ...
Hunterdon sheriff, prosecutor repeat warnings about motor vehicle thefts
Francesco Guarraci was born in Ribera, Sicily in August 7, 1955, to where the DeCavalcante crime family's origins can be traced. In 1967 he emigrated to the United States, and in 1989, Guarraci was inducted into the crime family during a ceremony led by John Riggi himself, according to Vincent "Vinny Ocean" Palermo, who turned state's evidence in 2000.
Victor Marrero was kissed by the gods of reality TV. After he and his Camden, N.J. rowhouse were depicted, roaches and all, on a February 2007 20/20 piece about his poor city, Extreme Makeover ...
John "Johnny Boy" D'Amato (June 13, 1940 – January 6, 1992) was an American mobster and former acting boss of the DeCavalcante crime family in New Jersey from 1990 to 1992. He was a prominent made man of the DeCavalcante family and was appointed head of the organization by Giovanni Riggi under the influence of Gambino crime family boss John Gotti.