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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.
LoCascio tested positive for COVID-19 at the Federal Medical Center, Devens, (where he had been in custody since March 22, 2001), on December 28, 2020.Following the completion of medical isolation, and after presenting with no symptoms, he was converted to a status of recovered in accordance with Centers for Disease Control and Prevention guidelines on January 8, 2021.
Patrick DeFilippo, "Patty from the Bronx" (1939–2013) Andrew Thomas DelGiorno, "Tommy Del" (born 1940) Aniello Dellacroce, "Mr. Neil", "The Lamb" (1914–1985) Frank Deluca (born Francesco DeLuca, 1898–1967) Joseph Deluca (born Giuseppe DeLuca, 1893–1952) Carl DeLuna, "Tuffy" (1927–2008) Frank DeMayo, "Chee-Chee" (born Franco DeMaio ...
Antonio Rocco Caponigro (January 22, 1912 – April 18, 1980), also known as Tony Bananas, was the consigliere of Angelo Bruno in the Philadelphia crime family.He is known for ending the peaceful Bruno regime by ordering Bruno's murder over a dispute concerning the methamphetamine trade.
Joseph's brother John stabbed a random African-American to death in the Bronx to "avenge" his brother's imprisonment, after separately killing an Albanian gangster who insulted him. [ 4 ] On February 4, 1994, the Tanglewood Boys murdered Louis Balancio, a 21-year-old Mercy College student, outside the Strike Zone Bar after he was mistaken for a ...
Serpico was a plainclothes police officer working in Brooklyn, the Bronx and Manhattan to expose vice racketeering. In 1967, he reported credible evidence of systemic police corruption, and saw no effect [2] until he met another police officer, David Durk, who helped him. Serpico believed his partners knew about his secret meetings with police ...
The Savage Skulls are a mostly Puerto Rican and African American street gang started in the Hunts Point area of the Bronx during the late 1960s, gaining popularity in the 1970s. [1] The gang declared war on the drug dealers operating in the Hunts Point area in the early 1970s, and was also involved in a number of running battles with rival ...
Baron Ambrosia was a character played by international explorer Justin Fornal from 2006 to 2013. The character was a self-proclaimed "quaffer of culinary consciousness" and traveled around New York City, mostly in The Bronx, documenting various ethnic cultures and their indigenous cuisines, represented typically by the small food establishments (including restaurants, food trucks, street ...