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The gang was involved in murders, assaults, armed robbery, arsons, and bookmaking operations in Westchester, the Bronx and the Upper West Side of Manhattan. [4] On March 6, 1992, two members, Darin Mazzarella and Joseph Petrucelli got into a racial argument and shot 16-year-old Kasiem Merchant to death in New Rochelle. [5]
The Los Angeles crime family, also known as the Dragna crime family, the Southern California crime family [7] or the L.A. Mafia, and dubbed "the Mickey Mouse Mafia" by former Los Angeles Police Chief Daryl Gates, [8] is an Italian-American Mafia crime family based in Los Angeles, California as part of the larger Italian-American Mafia.
The Hogan Gang was a St. Louis–based criminal organization that sold illegal liquor during Prohibition in addition to committing labor slugging, voter intimidation, armed robbery, and murder. Although predominantly Irish-American , the Hogan Gang included several Italian and Jewish mobsters amongst their ranks; most notably, Max "Big Maxie ...
Richard J. Castucci Sr. (December 1, 1928 – December 29, 1976) was an American member of the Patriarca crime family who owned several strip clubs and was involved in illegal gambling. Castucci eventually became a government informant.
A customer at an east London convenience store thwarted a brazen robbery attempt on the afternoon of January 20, police told local media.Jaymin Rana, who owns the shop, told Storyful his mother ...
The Rockford crime family, also known as the Zammuto crime family, was an Italian-American Mafia crime family based in Rockford, Illinois. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] In 1960, the FBI confirmed that the Rockford family had remained an independent crime family, even though they were within close distance to the powerful Chicago Outfit .
The prior largest cash robbery in Los Angeles was on Sept. 12, 1997, with the theft of $18.9 million from the former site of the Dunbar Armored facility on Mateo Street. Those behind the incident ...
The motive of the crime, according to investigators, was to silence Ortiz because he was getting greedy, increasingly unstable due to his drug addiction and demanding more money in exchange for ...