Lenine Strollo

#OTD (Dec 11) in 1997, a federal grand jury indicts Lenine #Strollo (shown), his brother Dante Strollo and numerous others for #racketeering offenses in the #YoungstownOH area.

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Lenny Strollo

#OTD (Nov 29) in 1998, brothers Lenny (shown) and Danny #Strollo of #YoungstownOH and several associates are charged with #racketeering and other crimes.

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Anthony Provenzano

#OTD (Nov 12) in 1952, an informant tells the #FBI that underworld figures Albert #Anastasia and Anthony #Strollo arranged the election of Anthony #Provenzano (shown) as president of New Jersey Local 560 of the #Teamsters.

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Lenny Strollo

#OTD (Nov 09) in 1999, #YoungstownOH boss Lenny #Strollo is sentenced to ten years for state crimes, a sentence that will run concurrently with a pending federal penalty.

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Lenny Strollo

#OTD (Oct 31) in 1967, Lenny #Strollo of #YoungstownOH begins serving a nine-year #counterfeiting sentence imposed four years earlier.

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Anthony Strollo

#OTD (Oct 22) in 1945, Albert #Anastasia, Anthony #Strollo (shown) and other #NewYork mobsters force striking dockworkers to return to work.

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Danny Strollo

#OTD (Oct 21) in 1999, Danny #Strollo of #CampbellOH is sentenced to 46 months in prison for #racketeering.

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Antonio Strollo

#OTD (Sep 09) in 1952, Antonio #Strollo instructs Joseph #Valachi to set up the murder of Eugene #Giannini.

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#OTD (Aug 21) in 1905, #NewYork detectives #Petrosino and Bonoil arrest Antonio #Strollo for the murder of Antonio Torsiello.

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Going out for 'a few minutes' News, notes, articles and book excerpts from authors of crime history.

#OTD in 1962: "Tony Bender" #Strollo, a top figure in the #Genovese Crime Family, left his home in #FortLeeNJ #NewJersey and never returned.

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Collection of crime history items from April 8.

#OTD (Apr 8) in #OrganizedCrime #History: #NYC area coin counterfeiters are convicted, mobster Luigi Marciante kills himself, seventeen in #Arizona and #NewYork are accused of drug crimes, #Strollo disappears in #FortLeeNJ, #Spilotro case ends in mistrial.

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Sharing a forgotten source Arthur Train wrote about the 1905 Torsiello murder solved by Petrosino

Arthur Train devoted an entire chapter of his 1922 book to the 1905 #Torsiello murder, the investigation by #Petrosino and the trial and punishment of Antonio #Strollo. The book included a photo of an alleged #BlackHand letter Strollo used in his defense.
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The executed Antonio #Strollo appears to have been a close relative of later #Genovese Crime Family figure Anthony "Tony #Bender" Strollo.

Train: A Case of Circumstantial Evidence | American Mafia Former New York County Asst D.A. Arthur Train discusses the 1905 Antonio Torsielli murder solved by Detective Petrosino. Excerpt from Train's 1922 book.

Chapter excerpt from an Arthur Train #book (1922) describes the 1905 #Petrosino investigation of the Torsiello murder in the #BronxNY. Antonio #Strollo attempted to deflect blame onto the #BlackHand, but he was convicted and executed for the killing.
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Collection of crime history items from Dec. 11

#OTD (Dec. 11) in #OrganizedCrime #History: #Manhattan mobsters swear a vendetta, #Genovese won't talk to grand jury, Cuban cops arrest #Cammarata, #Dio gets five years for bankruptcy fraud, #Gambino chiefs charged, #Strollo indictments in #YoungstownOH.

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Collection of crime history items from Dec. 11

#OTD (Dec. 11) in #OrganizedCrime #History: #Manhattan mobsters swear a vendetta, #Genovese won't talk to grand jury, Cuban cops arrest #Cammarata, #Dio gets five years for bankruptcy fraud, #Gambino chiefs charged, #Strollo indictments in #YoungstownOH.

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