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The Pittsburgh crime family, [4] also known as the LaRocca crime family [5] or the Pittsburgh Mafia, was an Italian-American Mafia crime family based in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. [1] [6] The LaRocca family is one of the original twenty-six Mafia families in the United States. [7]
John Sebastian LaRocca (May 1, 1901 – December 3, 1984) was the Sicilian-born American boss of the Pittsburgh crime family from the 1950s until his death in 1984. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] [ 3 ] Early life
Bufalino crime family (Northeastern Pennsylvania, particularly Pittston, Wilkes-Barre, Scranton and the Wyoming Valley area) – defunct 2008; Pittsburgh crime family (LaRocca family) – defunct 2021
Michael James Genovese (April 9, 1919 – October 31, 2006) was an alleged boss of the Pittsburgh crime family.References to Michael Genovese as the brother of New York mob boss Vito Genovese [1] are to a different Michael Genovese; Michael James Genovese was first cousin to Vito Genovese.
A sister of the Sons of Italy, Giuseppina DiCicco, married Carmine LaRocca and they learned to run a restaurant from her family business. In 1980, they opened LaRocca’s Ristorante Italiano .
8.1 Pittsburgh crime family. 9 Cleveland. Toggle Cleveland subsection. ... John Sebastian LaRocca – boss (1956–1978) Michael James Genovese – boss (1978–1984)
Ten members and associates of the Gambino crime family have been arrested, officials announced Wednesday. The United States Attorney's office for the Eastern District of New York said that at the ...
Ten members and associates of the Gambino crime family were arrested and accused of strong-arming their way into New York City garbage hauling and demolition businesses, authorities said Wednesday.