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Pages in category "Gangs in Missouri" The following 5 pages are in this category, out of 5 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. G.
The Pillow gang was the earliest Italian gang in the city being active since 1910. [5] The gang was led by Pasquale Santino until 1927, when he was murdered. [ 5 ] Carmelo Fresina became the new leader, nicknaming it the Pillow gang because Fresina carried a pillow with him to sit on after he had been shot in the buttocks. [ 3 ]
The Italian-American organized crime family began when two Sicilian mafiosi known as the DiGiovanni brothers fled Sicily to Kansas City, Missouri, in 1912.Joseph "Joe Church" DiGiovanni and Peter "Sugarhouse Pete" DiGiovanni began making money from a variety of criminal operations or rackets shortly after their arrival.
A federal indictment unsealed Thursday charges 18 members of the Pagan’s Motorcycle Club - including 16 Missouri men - in various violent assaults on rival gang members in 2022 and 2023.
The Five Points, Manhattan is a location that was associated with gang activities from the early 19th century. [1] In the late 1920s, Al Capone was the leader of the Chicago Outfit [2] The Hells Angels outlaw motorcycle club was founded in 1948 and is considered a criminal gang by American law enforcement agencies, particularly for their involvement in drug-related activities and violent crimes.
The Missouri man prosecutors have linked to the death of a Black woman found in a barrel and charged with the rape and kidnapping of another Black woman called for the return of “severe ...
An expert on outlaw motorcycle gangs from Missouri State Highway Patrol said the Galloping Goose were expanding into territory formerly controlled by the Pharaohs motorcycle club during the 1980s and 1990s. He described them as a "one percenter club", which created their first support club name "Vieux-Doo Dawgs M.C."
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 ...