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The East Harlem Purple Gang was a gang and organized crime group in New York City consisting of Italian-American hit-men and heroin dealers who were semi-independent from the Italian-American Mafia and, according to federal prosecutors, dominated heroin distribution in East Harlem, Italian Harlem, and the Bronx during the 1970s and early 1980s.
Joseph E. "Joe Bikini" Brocchini (1933 – May 20, 1976) was a soldier under Joseph "Joe Brown" Lucchese in the Corona crew. Born and raised in Corona, Queens, he was arrested as a 17-year-old along with four other youths for carrying out a series of burglaries that robbed eight businesses in north Queens of $26,000 during a week-long spree in 1950.
John G. Perna (born May 26, 1977) is a soldier and son of Ralph V. Perna. [177] His brothers Joseph and Ralph M. are members of the New Jersey faction. On April 13, 2006, Perna was released from prison. [178] In November 2007, John and his brother Joseph were made into the Lucchese family. [177]
The early history of the Lucchese crime family can be traced back to the Morello crime family which was based in East Harlem and the Bronx. Durning the 1910s, the bosses of Morello family lost power and control which allowed Gaetano "Tommy" Reina, along with Salvatore D'Aquila and Joe Masseria, to split off and form their own crime families.
Unearthed & Untold: The Path to Pet Sematary is a 2017 American documentary film written and directed by John Campopiano and Justin White. The film chronicles the making of Pet Sematary , a 1989 horror film based on Stephen King 's eponymous novel .
The two subsequently became known as the "Mafia Cops". [ 1 ] In 2005, the United States Attorney for the Eastern District of New York indicted Caracappa and Eppolito on charges of racketeering conspiracy for a pattern of murders, kidnappings , witness tampering , obstruction of justice , money laundering , and narcotics dealing with mobsters ...
Authorities arrested seven people Wednesday on federal drug and gun trafficking charges in an investigation of two Harbor-area gangs' ties to imprisoned members of the Mexican Mafia.
The Cleveland crime family, also known as the Scalish crime family or the Cleveland Mafia, is an Italian-American Mafia crime family based in Cleveland, Ohio, and throughout the Greater Cleveland area. The organization formed during the 1900s, and early leadership turned over frequently due to a series of power grabs and assassinations.