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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.
Dzhokhar, along with his older brother Tamerlan planted a pressure cooker bomb at the finish line of the 2013 Boston Marathon, killing three people and injuring over 250. Tamerlan died 82 hours later from injuries sustained in the brothers' shootout with police. Dzhokhar escaped, but was found and arrested later that day. He was sentenced to death.
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 ...
An ex-U.S. Marine from New Jersey was arrested Friday and accused of threatening to kill white people and carry out a mass shooting, ... The Today Show. Dick Van Dyke, 99, proves he doesn't skip ...
Stefano Badami (December 10, 1888 – March 31, 1955) was the first boss of the Elizabeth crime family. Badami controlled the family from Elizabeth, New Jersey. In 1937, after Gaspare D'Amico went into hiding, his family gained rackets in Newark, New Jersey. Badami was murdered in 1955 in a power struggle between rival factions of his crime family.
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]
Benjamin “Bambi” Williams, 41, was arrested Saturday, Nov. 30, and charged with first-degree murder in connection with the 2021 death of Joana Peca, 27, St. Petersburg police announced on ...
The Genovese crime family's New Jersey faction is a group of Italian-American mobsters within the Genovese crime family who control organized crime activities within the state of New Jersey. The New Jersey faction is divided into multiple crews each led by a different caporegime who oversees illegal criminal activities in labor racketeering ...