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Salvatore Frank Ruggiero Sr. (pronounced roo-JEH-roh; July 20, 1945 – May 6, 1982), also known as "Sal the Sphinx", "Sal Quack Quack" and "Sally", was an American mobster, drug trafficker and Gambino crime family mob associate who was the younger brother of Angelo Ruggiero and ringleader of "The Pleasant Avenue Connection" which was a precursor to the Pizza Connection drug smuggling operation.
Ruggiero's nephew is mob associate Salvatore Ruggiero Jr. Ruggiero's cousins include Gambino underboss Aniello Dellacroce, and Sean and Shannon Connelly. Ruggiero grew up with future Gambino boss John Gotti and underboss Sammy Gravano. A high school dropout, Ruggiero was arrested in the 1950s for street fighting, public intoxication, car theft ...
Operation Old Bridge is the code name for the February 7, 2008 arrests in Italy and the United States that targeted the Gambino crime family; among the indicted were the reputed acting bosses Jackie D'Amico, Nicholas Corozzo and Joseph Corozzo.
May 6 – Salvatore Ruggiero, heroin trafficker and brother of Gambino crime family capo Angelo "Quack Quack" Ruggiero; June 5 – John J. Vitale, boss and underboss of the St. Louis crime family; June 17 – Roberto Calvi, banker and money launderer for the Sicilian Cosa Nostra; September 3 – Carlo Alberto Dalla Chiesa, Italian carabinieri ...
Salvatore Catalanotte, "Sam Sings in the Night" (born Salvatore Catalanotto, 1883–1930) Dominick Cataldo , "Little Dom" (1923–1997) Gerardo Catena , "Jerry" (1902–2000)
The incident involving two coaches and a parent who'd been watching the game happened during a game between children ages 5 to 7 at Birchwood Middle School, Police Chief Alfredo Ruggiero Jr. said.
In August 1983, Ruggiero and Gotti were arrested for dealing heroin, based primarily on recordings from a bug in Ruggiero's house. [4] [5] Boss Paul Castellano, who had banned made men from his family from dealing drugs under threat of death, demanded transcripts of the tapes, [4] [6] and, when Ruggiero refused, threatened to demote his brother ...
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