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Frank "Frankie Bones" Papagni (born July 18, 1957) is the current underboss of the family. Papagni is a longtime Brooklyn faction member. [18] In 1991, Papagni attended a making ceremony in Howard Beach, Queens. [27] At the induction ceremony, a man he called his cousin Frank Gioia Jr. became a member of the Lucchese family. [3]
Frank "Spaghetti Man" Gioia Jr. (born August 10, 1967) is a former soldier who is currently in witness protection along with his father, former soldier Frank Gioia Sr. In 1991, Gioia Jr. was inducted into the Lucchese crime family in a ceremony held in Howard Beach, Queens. [ 158 ]
After his imprisonment, Darin Mazzarella agreed to become a government witness in 1997. [11] He provided information that is credited with leading to significant disruption of the Tanglewood Boys and the Lucchese family. [4]
The San Jose crime family, also known as the Cerrito crime family or the San Jose Mafia, was an Italian-American Mafia crime family based in San Jose, California.The San Jose family was one of the two families that controlled organized crime in San Jose, within the nationwide criminal organization known as the American Mafia (or "La Cosa Nostra"); the other family that ran organized crime in ...
The investigation began on July 27, 1998 when Frank Calabrese Jr., wrote a letter to the FBI saying he wanted help to put his father in jail. The letter was sent without warning from the federal correctional facility in Milan, Michigan, where both Frank Jr. and Frank Sr. had been incarcerated since 1995, when four members of the Calabrese family had been sentenced for collecting "juice loans ...
Frank Pastore (1957–2012) Carl Pavano (born 1976) Felipe Paulino Del Guidice (born 1983) Joe Pepitone (1940–2023) Lou Perini (1903–1972), owner of the Boston/Milwaukee Braves from 1945 to 1961; Sam Perlozzo (born 1951) Roberto Petagine (born 1971), Venezuelan Major League Baseball first baseman; Vinnie Pestano (born 1985) Rico Petrocelli ...
On November 4, 1959, Frank Abbatemarco walked out of his cousin's bar in Park Slope, Brooklyn and was shot and killed by Joseph Gioielli and another hitman. [12] [14] Profaci then ordered the Gallos to hand over Abbatemaro's son Anthony. The Gallos refused and Profaci refused to give them the policy game. This was the start of the first family ...
Costabile, Sr. and his brother Frank were fringe members of a Colombo crime family illegal gambling ring. Farace was a paternal first cousin of Dominick Farace, the son of Frank Farace. He also was a cousin to Michael A. Farace, Michael J. Farace, and Vincent Farace.