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Ariel Castro kidnappings. Between 2002 and 2004, Ariel Castro abducted Michelle Knight, Amanda Berry, and Gina DeJesus from the roads of Cleveland, Ohio and later held them captive in his home at 2207 Seymour Avenue in the city's Tremont neighborhood. All three women were imprisoned at Castro's home until 2013, when Berry successfully escaped ...
James T. Licavoli (born Vincentio Licavoli; August 18, 1904 − November 23, 1985), also known as "Jack White" or "Blackie", was an American mobster based in Cleveland, Ohio, who became boss of the Cleveland crime family in 1976. In 1982, Licavoli became one of the earliest organized crime figures to be convicted under the Racketeer Influenced ...
War with the Cleveland Mafia. Daniel John Patrick Greene (November 14, 1933 – October 6, 1977) was an American mobster in Cleveland, Ohio, whose conflicts with the Cleveland crime family of the Italian-American Mafia ended in Greene's murder in 1977. Greene would build a close working relationship with Shondor Birns, as neither of them could ...
Raymond W. Ferritto (April 8, 1929 - May 10, 2004) was an American mobster from Erie, Pennsylvania. He served as an associate and hitman for the Cleveland and Los Angeles crime families. Ferritto is best known for assassinating rival mobster Danny Greene in Cleveland, Ohio, in 1977 in order to prevent Greene from overthrowing the Cleveland ...
Jimmy Fratianno. Aladena James Fratianno[1] (born Aladena Fratianno; November 14, 1913 – June 29, 1993), also known as " Jimmy the Weasel ", was an Italian-born American mobster who was acting boss of the Los Angeles crime family. After his arrest in 1977, Fratianno became an informant and entered the Witness Protection Program in 1980.
former associate of Irish-American Cleveland mobster Danny Greene. War with the Cleveland Mafia. John Nardi (January 21, 1916 − May 17, 1977) was an influential associate of the Cleveland crime family who was involved in labor racketeering in Cleveland, Ohio. At the end of his criminal career, Nardi turned against his crime family in a bloody ...
The Santa Line Slaying was a nationally publicized incident that occurred on December 21, 1971, in Cleveland, Ohio, U.S. The incident resulted in the death of one man, Jack Fitzpatrick. Tyrone Howard was convicted of manslaughter and served 11 months in prison. In 2005, the incident attracted some attention again when it was revealed that ...
John Scalish in the early 1970s. John T. Scalish (September 18, 1912 – May 26, 1976), also known as "John Scalise", was an American mobster who became the boss of the Cleveland crime family. His death resulted in the ascension of James T. Licavoli to the head of the Cleveland Mob and to a bloody gang war that would essentially destroy the ...