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Another Westie (and top enforcer), James McElroy, was acquitted of the murder of a Teamster in 1980. Although both Westies leaders were imprisoned in 1980 — Coonan on gun possession charges, Featherstone on a federal counterfeiting rap — the gambling, loansharking, and union shakedowns continued on the West Side.
He was a notorious gangster in the 1970s, 1980s and 1990s, known for his involvement in the gang war between him and Hari Shankar Tiwari, another gangster-turned-politician. The two warlords were involved in approximately 50 murders, and their gang war became a folklore in the Purvanchal region, earning it the sobriquet of Chicago of the East ...
Fight For Freedom (FFF) was a gang that was centered in the San Fernando Valley during the 1980s. Unique to this gang in its locale and time was that the group generally consisted of White Americans from middle class and upper middle class backgrounds. [1] [2] [3] The gang was founded by members of a punk rock band of the same name. [1] [4]
Daniel Pagano (pronounced "Pah-GAH-noh") (born 1953) is a New York mobster and street boss in the Genovese crime family who was involved in a famous gasoline bootlegging racket of the 1980s. Born in New York, Pagano is the son of Joe Pagano , a senior Genovese mobster.
January – Seven Rochester mobsters, including Frank D. Frassetto, are convicted in a federal court of racketeering crimes including several mob-related bombings. [1]March 7 – Joseph Coppolino is stabbed to death and then decapitated, his headless corpse left on the street to be discovered by authorities.
Frank Sindone (1928–1980) Thomas Sinito, "The Chinaman" (1938–1997) Alphonse Sisca, "Funzie" (born 1942/1946) Vincent Solano (1923–1992)
Marco Di Lauro (born 1980) Vincenzo Licciardi (born 1965) Francesco Mallardo (born 1951) Giuseppe Dell'Aquila (born 1962) Raffaele Amato (born 1965) Cesare Pagano (born 1969) Ketty Gabriele (born 1981)
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