On this date, March 27...
• in 1914, John Russomano of East Harlem is sentenced to at least three years and three months in prison for criminally carrying a firearm.
• in 1916, Ambrogio Passaro is found shot to death in the street at Ravenswood, Long Island City NY.
• in 1917, a Black Hand feud is blamed for the shooting murder of retired Pittsburgh merhant Valentine Piazza.
• in 1922, Thomas Lucchese is sentenced to between three years eight months and ten years in prison for grand larceny.
• in 1929, following his delayed appearance before a grand jury, Al Capone is arrested on a warrant for contempt of court.
• in 1930, Giuseppe Piraino is shot to death in Brooklyn after meeting with rivals about bootlegging territories.
• in 1931, Los Angeles-area authorities arrest 21 Italian immigrants in a crackdown following two recent murders.
• in 1940, Brooklyn racketeer Charles LaGaipa is acquitted of a fatal stabbing.
• in 1970, New England Mafia leader Raymond Patriarca and four codefendants are convicted of conspiring to kill Rudolph Marfeo and Anthony Melei in 1968.
• in 1987, retired Buffalo mafioso Sam DiCarlo dies in Miami Beach FL.
• in 2012, Dino Calabro testifies in Brooklyn federal court that Thomas Gioeli of the Colombo organization ordered him to murder family underboss William Cutolo in 1999.
Image of Thomas Lucchese.
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