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The DeCavalcante crime family, also known as the North Jersey crime family or the North Jersey Mafia, is an Italian-American Mafia crime family that operates mainly in northern New Jersey, particularly in Elizabeth, [2] Newark, West New York [4] and the surrounding areas.
Girolamo "Jimmy" Palermo (May 16, 1938 – February 6, 2014) was an Italian-born American mobster and longtime underboss of the DeCavalcante crime family in Elizabeth, New Jersey, under the imprisoned boss Giovanni "John the Eagle" Riggi.
Wendy Wolin (August 20, 1958 – March 8, 1966) was a 7-year-old American girl stabbed to death by a stranger with a hunting knife outside her home in the vicinity of Irvington Avenue and Prince Street near the Elizabeth River in a then-upscale area of Elizabeth, New Jersey. Her murderer, despite witnesses, was never identified. [1] [2] [3] [4]
Giovanni "John the Eagle" Riggi (February 1, 1925 – August 3, 2015) was a New Jersey mobster and member of the DeCavalcante crime family since the 1940s, before the family had acquired its name. Riggi was the leader of the "Elizabeth crew" in the family when he was a Caporegime. He had been the acting boss during the 1970s and became the ...
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Francesco Guarraci was born in Ribera, Sicily in August 7, 1955, to where the DeCavalcante crime family's origins can be traced. In 1967 he emigrated to the United States, and in 1989, Guarraci was inducted into the crime family during a ceremony led by John Riggi himself, according to Vincent "Vinny Ocean" Palermo, who turned state's evidence in 2000.
Gioacchino "Jake" Amari (March 14, 1945 – June 14, 1997) [1] was an Italian-American mobster who served as acting underboss and later acting boss of the DeCavalcante crime family of New Jersey. Criminal career
The Genovese crime family's New Jersey faction is a group of Italian-American mobsters within the Genovese crime family who control organized crime activities within the state of New Jersey. The New Jersey faction is divided into multiple crews each led by a different caporegime who oversees illegal criminal activities in labor racketeering ...