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On March 20, 2009, Blackhand Strawman, a documentary of Kansas City's organized crime history was released in theaters in Kansas City. On March 1, 2011 retired FBI agent William Ouseley published his history of the KC crime family from 1950 to 2000 in a book titled Mobsters in Our Midst .
Nicholas Civella began his criminal career as a teenager in the Italian "North End" neighborhood of Kansas City. Civella's first arrest was at age 10, after which he dropped out of school. Before he reached age 20, Civella had been arrested for auto theft, illegal gambling, robbery, and vagrancy . In 1932, Civella spent two months in prison for ...
Carl "Cork" Civella (January 28, 1910 – October 2, 1994) was the leader of the Kansas City crime family following the death of his brother, long-time crime boss Nicholas Civella, after heading day-to-day operations during the mid-1970s. Carl's reign as Kansas city boss was brief. In 1984, he and his son, Anthony Civella, were convicted of ...
Carl Angelo "Tuffy" DeLuna (April 30, 1927 – July 21, 2008) was an organized crime figure who was once the powerful underboss of the Kansas City crime family ( the family ). He was also brother-in-law to Kansas City crime boss Anthony Civella . Born in Brooklyn, New York, DeLuna rose through the ranks of the family to eventually become ...
Kansas City mafia loved to eat at this Italian restaurant. Until the FBI bugged it. Jenna Thompson. May 20, 2024 at 6:30 AM ... The Civella family was a notorious name in the city at the time ...
Charles Gargotta, also known as " Mad Dog ", (1900–1950) was a Kansas City, Missouri, gangster who became a top enforcer for the Kansas City crime family . Born in Kansas City, Gargotta joined the criminal organization of boss John Lazia as a young man. Gargotta and his close associate, Charles Binaggio built a gambling ring that grossed as ...
Anthony Civella. Anthony Thomas "Tony Ripe" Civella (February 17, 1930 – February 16, 2006) was an American mobster who was head of the Kansas City crime family. Anthony was born in Kansas City, Missouri. His criminal record started in 1952. As a young man, he started working in the Kansas City criminal organization, which was run by his ...
Category. : Kansas City crime family. Bosses, Underbosses, Consiglieres, Capos, Soldiers & Associates of the Mafia family in Kansas City, Missouri known as the Kansas City crime family.