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  2. L.A. crime boss 'Wicked' stabbed to death in prison after ...

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    Ezequiel Romo, a gang leader who ordered murders of rivals and followers alike to maintain control over drug and collection rackets in Panorama City, was stabbed to death at Centinela State Prison.

  3. Los Angeles crime family - Wikipedia

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    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.

  4. Joseph Ardizzone - Wikipedia

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    Joseph "Joe Iron Man" Ardizzone (born Giuseppe Ernesto Ardizzone; Italian pronunciation: [dʒuˈzɛppe erˈnɛsto arditˈtsoːne]; November 19, 1884 – disappeared October 15, 1931, declared dead 1938) was an Italian-born early American mobster, who became the first Boss of the Los Angeles crime family. He was involved in a long-standing feud ...

  5. Michael Rizzitello - Wikipedia

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    Jimmy Fratianno wrote extensively about his working relationship and friendship with Rizzitello in his best selling book about the Los Angeles mob, The Last Mafioso. When Rizzitello was released from prison in early 1986, Peter Milano had become the new boss of the Los Angeles crime family. While Milano and Rizzitello had worked together in the ...

  6. Mexican Mafia member who ran county jail rackets is ... - AOL

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    Michael Torres, a Mexican Mafia member who oversaw gangs in the San Fernando Valley and controlled drug and extortion rackets in the Los Angeles County jail system, was stabbed to death in prison.

  7. Nick Licata (mobster) - Wikipedia

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    By this time the Los Angeles mob family was a lot different from the one Licata first started with. The L.A.P.D. and F.B.I. was engaged in a tough assault against organized crime in Los Angeles, and Mafia families from other cities were stretching their power to the West Coast. Although seen as an improvement over the incompetent DeSimone ...

  8. LAPD 'SWAT mafia' trial set to begin; elite unit's leaders ...

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    A former LAPD sergeant has sued the city of Los Angeles, alleging he faced retaliation after calling out senior members of the department's SWAT unit over a culture of violence, secrecy and cover-ups.

  9. Stanley Williams - Wikipedia

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    Stanley Tookie Williams III [1] [2] (December 29, 1953 – December 13, 2005) was an American gangster who co-founded and led the Crips gang in Los Angeles. He and Raymond Washington formed an alliance in 1971 that established the Crips as Los Angeles' first major African-American street gang.