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In 1874, New York City annexed the West Bronx into New York County. New York County was further expanded in 1895 to include all of today's New York and Bronx Counties. [ 7 ] The Consolidation Charter of 1896 extended the term of incumbent district attorney John R. Fellows , who had been elected in 1893 to a three-year term from January 1, 1894 ...
Word of Fraker's corruption eventually got out. After his dirty dealings were exposed and his career and marriage were ruined, he blamed Tony. Following a late night confrontation in Tony's office, Fraker suddenly shot him; Fraker moved to fire again, but Det. Rita Ortiz shot Fraker and prevented him from killing Tony.
Carmine Avellino (born July 15, 1944) is a caporegime operating a crew in Long Island. He is the younger brother to mobster Salvatore Avellino.On April 20, 1983, the FBI recorded a conversation between Carmine and his brother Salvatore Avellino Jr. as they discussed a dispute over a craps game that Carmine had was operating because mobster Aniello Migliore complained to Underboss Salvatore ...
SOUNDVIEW, Bronx (PIX11) — A 29-year-old man is accused of raping a 13-year-old boy in the Sotomayor Houses on Sept. 18, Bronx District Attorney Darcel Clark announced Monday. Ishmael Francis ...
Donald "Tony the Greek" George Frankos, (born November 10, 1938 Hackensack, New Jersey – died March 30, 2011 Dannemora, New York), was a Greek-Italian contract killer and mob associate of the Lucchese family, who later became a government witness.
Norman Marcus – former general counsel, New York City Planning Commission [121] Francis W. Martin (1878–1947) – first Bronx County District Attorney; Garry McCarthy (born 1959) – Chief of Police of Willow Springs, Illinois; former Superintendent of the Chicago Police Department; 2019 candidate for mayor of Chicago
Frank Scalice [a] (/ s k ɑː ˈ l iː s i /; born Francesco Scalisi, Italian: [franˈtʃesko skaˈliːzi]; September 23, 1893 – June 17, 1957), also known as "Don Ciccio" and "Wacky", was an Italian-American mobster active in New York City, who led the future Gambino crime family from 1930 to 1931.
The East Harlem Purple Gang was a gang and organized crime group in New York City consisting of Italian-American hit-men and heroin dealers who were semi-independent from the Italian-American Mafia and, according to federal prosecutors, dominated heroin distribution in East Harlem, Italian Harlem, and the Bronx during the 1970s and early 1980s.