What was the relationship between Dominick "Mimi" Scialo and "Charlie Moose" Panarella

[knockaround_ny]

They were around the same age group, contemporary captains in the family, both were in Johnny Oddo's crew and under Oddo's tutelage before Mimi moved over to be a soldier in Sonny's crew and Scialo was allegedly set up by Panarella and acting capo of the Franzese crew, "Little Joe" Brancato and whatever remained Scialo's old crew was absorbed in the Panarella crew

[CornerBoy]

Why was rMoose relegated to Vegas?

I know he was a difficult guy but is there anything specific?

[Chaps]

This was an article that Jerry Capeci did in his Gangland column that may give you a general idea of why Moose was banished to Vegas:

December 11, 2003
By Jerry Capeci
Charlie Moose Still Chugging Along

A Gang Land Exclusive!

Charlie Moose PanarellaAging Colombo capo Charles (Charlie Moose) Panarella uses a cane and is long past his prime. But at 81, he has the swagger of a gangster who is so far ahead of the game that there's no way the feds can ever get even.

Last week, after being nailed for labor racketeering, Panarella waltzed out of Brooklyn Federal Court slowly but surely, smiling broadly as he made his way to his car for a two and a half hour drive to his home in Kunkletown in northeast Pennsylvania.

"Be nice," he said, wagging his finger at reporters. "Be nice."

Charlie Moose has good reason to be so cocksure of himself.

In a life of crime that has spanned seven decades – his first arrest was in 1940 – Panarella has spent a scant few years in prison. Along the way, he reputedly got away with several mob murders, and by dumb luck, avoided death when rival gangsters who had targeted him for death mistakenly killed two Chicago businessmen and wounded two others in 1972 when they opened fire in an East Side restaurant, the Neopolitan Noodle.

A legitimate tough guy in his day, Panarella has survived three intra-family wars that left more than 20 dead. In the first two, he battled renegades aligned with Carmine (Junior) PersicoCrazy Joe Gallo; in the next, he sided with rebels under Little Vic Orena. In addition, he overcame a betrayal by his own crew that got him exiled to Las Vegas by boss Carmine (Junior) Persico (left) in the mid-1980s – just as Panarella's fortunes really began to soar.

At the time, sources say, Persico was concerned that Charlie Moose would team up with capo John (Sonny) Franzese and undermine Persico's leadership role as the feds were bringing charges that would ultimately send him away for good. When crew members – led by Moose's brother-in-law John (Jackie) DeRoss – complained about Panarella's flamboyant, self-centered and abusive style, Persico had all he needed and banished him to Las Vegas. In addition to Wild Bill CutoloDeRoss, Panarella had a large, star-studded crew of earners that included William (Wild Bill) Cutolo (right) and Gregory Scarpa. Among many other things, they dealt drugs, robbed banks and controlled sheet metal and restaurant unions.

"No question, Charlie had a powerful crew," said one underworld source, who described Panarella as a hands-on crew chief. "He would stay out all night and make his guys meet him at 6 a.m. just to talk to them. He used to go out at night and demand all his guys go with him, like a wolf pack."

Banished to Las Vegas, the savvy gangster saw and seized an opportunity to get back into the swing after Persico, his son Alphonse and DeRoss were all convicted of racketeering and sentenced to prison in 1986, and Orena was tabbed as the family's acting boss.

Panarella began shuttling back and forth – overseeing the Colombo family's Brooklyn interests in Locals 14 & 15 of the International Union of Operating Engineers while at the same time taking part in a money laundering operation

in Las Vegas that cost him 15 months in prison in 1995 and 1996. He also served as an adviser to Orena during his failed effort to take over the family during the bloody 1991 to 1993 war.

Sources said it was Charlie Moose's institutional knowledge of the Colombo family's long history of joint control over the union with the Genovese family that formed the basis for the current racketeering charges against him.

In the summer of 2001, law enforcement sources said, he flew to New York to protect the family's interests at a "sitdown" with the Genovese family over a territorial dispute. According to court papers, the Colombos hold sway over little and no-show construction jobs in Brooklyn while the Genoveses control those in Manhattan.Jackie DeRoss

During his visit, he was overheard on an Organized Crime Task Force bug asserting his control over the Colombo family interests and threatening lesser associates who questioned his authority, sources said.

Whatever. As he awaits trial along with brother-in-law DeRoss, (right) now the family's underboss, Charlie Moose is so far ahead of the game that he can afford to smile and be nice when reporters approach him during the coming months.

[CornerBoy]

thanks- id love to learn more. interesting that he's that piece of shits bro in law