Angelo Lonardo
#OTD (Dec 05) in 1977, the #FBI announces charges against eight men - including #Cleveland underworld leaders James #Licavoli and Angelo #Lonardo (shown) - related to the bombing deaths of Danny #Greene and John #Nardi.
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Jack Licavoli
#OTD (Nov 23) in 1985, former #Cleveland #Mafia chief James #Licavoli dies of an apparent heart attack while serving a federal prison sentence.
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James Licavoli
#OTD (Nov 19) in 1945, James #Licavoli of #Cleveland is sentenced to one to five years in prison for #extortion.
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James Licavoli
#OTD (Nov 09) in 1945, in a #ToledoOH court, James #Licavoli of #Cleveland (shown) and codefendant Ernest LaSalle plead guilty to #extortion.
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James Licavoli
#OTD (Oct 19) in 1933, the #Michigan Supreme Court rules unconstitutional the Public Enemy Act used by authorities to jail Joe #Bommarito and James #Licavoli.
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James Licavoli
#OTD (Sep 25) in 1933, Joe #Bommarito and James #Licavoli are given 90-day sentences for violating the #Michigan Public Enemy Act.
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James Licavoli
#OTD (Sep 07) in 1978, a court ruling, barring evidence obtained from listening devices placed during illegal break-ins, causes the Justice Department to drop racketeering and conspiracy indictments against James #Licavoli and other #Cleveland mobsters.
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#OTD (Aug 15) in 1933, #Detroit police apprehend fugitive James #Licavoli, wanted in #ToledoOH in connection with a murder.
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Image of Tony Genna. Text reads: On this date, July 8... in 1892, Dean (Dion) O'Banion is born in Illinois. in 1925, Tony Genna is the third Genna brother to be killed in Chicago in a period of two months. in 1927, Sam Medole disappears after the New York murder of Adolph Romano. in 1931, Carmelo Liconti is murdered at a New York City hotel. in 1969, DeCavalcante Crime Family leaders are questioned as a New Jersey commission opens corruption hearings in Trenton. in 1977, a law enforcement raid in Dedham MA discovers $3.3 million in counterfeit currency. in 1982, a Cleveland federal jury convicts James Licavoli and five underlings of racketeering. in 2010, John Franzese, 93, underboss of the Colombo Crime Family, is convicted of racketeering. in 2016, Robert P. DeLuca is held without bail at Boston on charges of obstruction and lying to investigators.
#OTD (July 8) in #OrganizedCrime #History: Genna is killed in #Chicago, Medole is gone from #NYC, Liconti is murdered, counterfeit is found in #Massachusetts, #Licavoli & aides are convicted in #Cleveland, #Franzese is guilty, #Boston bigshot is held without bail.
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Text reads: On this date, June 8... in 1908, Raffaele Palizzolo, reputed Sicilian Mafia leader, is watched by detectives under Lieutenant Antonio Vachris as he arrives in Brooklyn. in 1915, Manhattan gangster Owen Madden is sentenced to 10 to 20 years in prison for manslaughter. in 1925, Joseph Profaci, then a resident of Chicago, returns to the U.S. after a visit to his native Sicily. in 1929, James Licavoli of Detroit begins a Leavenworth Prison sentence for bootlegging. in 1931, John Jacoporo is murdered in the Bronx, the third Dutch Schultz gangster killed in a month. in 1935, the Justice Department announces plans to standardize training of local police and prison officers through a national crime institute. in 1951, Salvatore 'Charlie Luciano' Lucania, exiled New York Mafia boss, is arrested by Italian police for smuggling. in 1952, two jeweled crowns, stolen eight days earlier from artwork at the Regina Pacis shrine in Brooklyn, are returned by special delivery mail. in 1972, indictments are returned against mafiosi Paul Vario Sr. and Rosario 'Sally Burns' Morale, as well as two dozen prison guards, for violations inside Nassau County Jail. in 1982, Philadelphia mobster Harry Riccobene is shot five times but survives. in 2006, a federal grand jury indicts 29 people and 10 companies for participation in a monopolistic property rights racket in the western Connecticut waste hauling industry.
#OTD in #OrganizedCrime #History: #Sicily #Mafia boss arrives in #Brooklyn, #NYC gangster Madden is sentenced for manslaughter, #Licavoli of #Detroit starts bootlegging term, Schultz gangster is killed in the #Bronx, #Riccobene survives #Philadelphia shooting.
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