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Michael J. Coppola (born May 18, 1946), [2] also known as "Mikey Cigars", is an American mobster and captain in the Genovese crime family active in their New Jersey faction.He made national headlines when he went into hiding for 11 years to avoid a possible murder conviction.
Michael "Trigger Mike" Coppola was a top lieutenant in the 116th Street Crew of Ciro Terranova. He took over the crew sometime between 1932 and 1936, after Terranova was "put on the shelf" (i.e. forced into retirement) by the new Luciano-Genovese-Costello regime of the Luciano crime family .
Michael "Trigger Mike" Coppola (July 2, 1900 – October 1, 1966) was a New York City mobster who became a caporegime of the 116th Street Crew of the Luciano family, which later came to be known as the Genovese family. Coppola headed many Genovese family criminal operations from the late 1930s until the early 1960s.
Michael "Mikey Cigars" Coppola – during the 1980s served as acting capo for Tino Fiumara. In 2009, he was imprisoned and sentenced to 16 years. [24] He was released from federal custody on October 20, 2022. [53] Michael Crincoli – soldier; released from prison on July 12, 2010 [54] [55]
Michael Clemente, "Mike ... "Frank Three Fingers" (born Francesco Paolo Coppola, 1899–1982) Michael Coppola, "Trigger Mike" (1900 ... List of Mafia crime families;
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.
In New York City, Italian immigration became insulation; in gaining power, the mafia was able to affirm a Sicilian system in a new land. Yet in Nevada, Michael Corleone is once again an immigrant.
Salerno was a member of the 116th Street Crew, headed by Michael "Trigger Mike" Coppola. Salerno climbed the family ranks by controlling a possible million-dollar-a-year numbers racket operation in Harlem and a major loansharking operation. In 1948, Coppola fled to Florida to escape murder charges, and Salerno took over the crew.