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The Rochester crime family, also known as the Valenti crime family or the Rochester Mafia, was an Italian-American Mafia crime family based in Rochester, New York that was part of the American Cosa Nostra.
Frank J. Valenti (September 14, 1911 – September 20, 2008) was boss of the criminal organization known as the Rochester crime family from 1964 to 1972. As the head of the organization he oversaw gambling, prostitution and extortion rackets operating in the city of Rochester, New York for 8 years.
Retired medical examiner Dr. Nicholas Forbes traveled from South Africa to Rochester to testify in the state's first "familial DNA" murder trial.
The retrial of a man accused of the 1984 murder of a Rochester teenager will start Monday morning after a mistrial in an earlier attempt because of possible juror misconduct.. Timothy Williams is ...
Constenze "Stanley" Valenti (February 8, 1926 – February 23, 2001) was boss of the criminal organization known as the Rochester crime family in the 1950s. As the head of the organization he oversaw gambling, prostitution and extortion rackets operating in the city of Rochester, New York.
Rochester crew – The Bonanno family maintained an association with the Rochester crime family. [ 395 ] [ 396 ] When the Rochester family became defunct in the 1990s, some remnants of the Rochester Mafia, including Thomas "Tommy" Marotta joined the Bonanno family, while others, such as Rene Piccarreto, instead aligned with the Buffalo crime ...
Gary Craig and Madison Scott, Rochester Democrat and Chronicle March 8, 2024 at 2:52 PM A jury found Timothy Williams guilty on all three counts of second-degree murder in the 1984 rape and murder ...
The government inquiry into the murder concluded that Posadas Ocampo was killed accidentally in a battle between rival drug cartels. June 25 – Rochester crime family boss Samuel Rusotti died in prison while serving a sentence for committing two murders, three attempted murders and for extorting several gambling clubs. Russotti’s 1984 ...