by maxiestern11 » Mon Sep 23, 2019 6:47 pm
PASQUALE (PADDY MAC) MACCHIAROLE - born 1922. Came out of the Williamsburg/Greenpoint section of Brooklyn. Later moved to the Middle Village/Maspeth area (77-03 Elliot Ave), an adjoining neighborhood where many from that section of Brooklyn later bought homes.
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Identified by the mid-1960’s as a Genovese member, who later rose to be a top “captain” in the Family.
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Criminal Activities:
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Gambling
Loansharking
Extortion and Shakedowns
Labor racketeering (unions)
Strong-arm tactics
Hijacking
Fencing stolen goods
Business infiltration (specifically bars, restaurants and nightclubs)
cigarette smuggling
..........he was a very aggressive guy. Once he established himself, he became a major force on the streets until his demise!
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“Paddy Mac” was a major figure in racket operations from the mid-1960’s through the late 1970’s, when he was found murdered in Brooklyn.
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Until his demise, Macchiarole was a very active and visible hoodlum, seemingly having burst onto the mob scene and before long became a dominate figure in both metropolitan New York and South Florida, where he also had established a “beachhead” for mob expansion.
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Legitimate interests:
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The Golden Chariot - a popular nightclub during the 1960-70’s era off Queens Blvd. in Forest Hills. This nightclub was a major mob hangout, most everybody from the five boroughs frequented the place for years before and after Paddy.
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Frigid Express, Corp., a major NJ based trucking firm that was said to be co-owned by Paddy and Frank Tieri.
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Note: [and many other nightclubs and cocktail lounges both in NY, LI and Florida that Macchiarole and his minions were said to have “pushed in” on.
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Macchiarole had a large crew of associates that included several cousins and nephews and other men, some who’d grown up in the general area he had, that gravitated to him.
These included:
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Vincent (Jamsey) Delio - a cousin and close aide, top Family soldier, later slain
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Thomas (Red) Delio - another cousin and associate, hijacker, also later slain
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Joseph (Doo Doo) Pastore - cigarette smuggler, hijacker, later set up and killed by Joe Massino over a small debt Massino owed him
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Richard Dorme - associate, Pastore’s half brother killed after he squawked about his brothers murder
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Anthony (Donuts) DeDona - another Queens hood, ran a vending-machine firm, handled untaxed-cigarettes
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Anthony (Big Tony) Capotorto - a young hood (6’-5”, 250lbs) vicious enforcer and extortionist, active in the Fort Lauderdale area until he was shot dead
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Robert Grimaldi - a bartender and mob associate later charged with setting up a mob murder
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And many other hoodlums not listed .
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Note: [notice that five of the seven men listed above met violent deaths in short order.... it was a bloodbath]
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Paddy Macchiarole also knew and interacted with many other top mafiosi including:
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Vincent (Jimmy Nap) Napoli - a neighborhood friend and sometime ally of Paddy. Nap may have served “under” Paddy at one point
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John (Sonny) Franzese - an original neighborhood power, who Paddy tried to usurp after Sonny’s jailing
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Philip (Rusty) Rastelli - another neighborhood guy who would become Bonanno boss, Paddy would try and overtake some of his operations
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Frank (Funzuola) Tieri - acting Boss at the height of Paddy’s power. Believed to have ordered/signed off on his death
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Ottaviano (Tommy) Lombardi - had become a Family power during Paddy’s tenure at the top
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Salvatore (Sally Dogs) Lombardi - Family soldier, some say he personally whacked Paddy
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Ralph (The Beak) Jacobson - Jewish hoodlum from Williamsburg who was indicted with Paddy for murder, Genoese associate
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Daniel Jacobson - Ralph’s brother, Williamsburg hood, also indicted for murder, Genovese associate
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By the early 1970’s Macchiarole and his minions were making a big name for themselves and garnering major LE scrutiny. Having not learned any lessons from a friendly competitor named Sonny Franzese - (and his downfall) - Paddy seemed to be making the same mistakes by running like “gangbusters” through the streets!
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Before long several of his men were arrested by the Queens D.A.’s office. First for several beatings and property damage they had done to a nightspot in the area, and
shortly thereafter on extortion charges for “shaking down” that nightclub.
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Conrad’s Cloud Room, a popular nightclub tucked inside the El Capitan Motel by LaGuardia Airport had become the focus of their efforts. The owner, a black man by the name of Conrad Greaves in 1972 had gone to the Queens district attorney Thomas J. Mackell and told him and top prosecutor Anthony Lombardino that he was being forced to pay $400. weekly in “protection” money to Paddy Mac and his crew since October of 1971.
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Before long an empaneled grand jury hearing testimony returned an extortion indictment against Macchiarole. They also had brought felonious assault charges against Anthony DeDona, Thomas Delio, Joseph Pastore, Richard Dorme and Alfred Caponera for perjury.
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Three weeks after Greaves’ testimony got Paddy indicted, Greaves would pay a steep price! One evening after closing his club at 5am while walking to his parked car, several men stepped out from the shadows of the parking garage and pumped several bullets into the complaining nightclub owner, killing him on the spot!
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Shortly thereafter, all charges against Macchiarole and company were dropped for lack of evidence (no witnesses).
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The D.A.’s office and the public in general were outraged by this 1920’s “Al Capone - in your face” style underworld assault!
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After an intensive investigation by the homicide squad and FBI, another indictment was brought against Macchiarole and his men.....this one for Greaves’ “gangland style” execution!
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Macchiarole, the two Jacobson brothers, Grimaldi and Delio were charged with his murder. But after a lengthy trial they were all acquitted!
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The subsequent newspaper publicity and acquittal only added to Paddy Mac’s mystique as an untouchable mafioso...... now Paddy really felt his oats!
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He garnered much LE attention and underworld accolades alike in the ensuing 3-4 years through the 1970’s.
-
Then there was total silence!........
One day in 1978, Paddy just up and disappeared after driving off in his new burgundy colored Lincoln Continental from his Maspeth home. He had a busy schedule to meet. As the day progressed, and he failed to
be where he was supposed to be or even contact people, those close to him knew something was very wrong.
-
After his sudden “Houdini Act”, three weeks later, his family received an anonymous tip directing authorities to a automobile parked on a Brooklyn street.
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There, detectives found his body, stuffed in the trunk of his own car, hog-tied “gangland-style” and shot and stabbed numerous times. The body was in a badly decomposed state, indicating that it had been there awhile.
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Several years before Paddy’s death, and within a year after his murder, some of his closest relatives also met untimely deaths.
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These included his cousin-nephew, reputed hijacker Thomas (Red) Delio, found murdered in 1974. Shot multiple times, he was found inside his car trunk. LE suggested that he was silenced to protect his older cousin Paddy.
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In 1979, his own son John (33), was shot multiple times in the head by a masked gunman in a Maspeth tavern John owned not long after his father got killed. It was alleged by informants that John was killed for talking out loud about avenging his father’s 1978 murder.
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Not long after that in October 1980, Jamsey Delio (55) would also meet a violent end. Shot dead from multiple pistol wounds to the face and chest by gunmen as he approached the front door of his girlfriend’s Ridgewood, Queens home (1811 Starr Street). Again, Genovese Family intrigue over these multiple murders seemingly all related in such a short period of time puzzled LE, allowing for several “theories”.
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The true reasons for these multiple gangland hits have never been uncovered. But one things for sure, just as quickly as Paddy and his crew blasted onto the scene like gangbusters, they were all blasted off the scene with bullets!
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I guess some would call his grizzly murder being “Paddy-whacked”!
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.......Paddy was only 56 years old!
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PASQUALE (PADDY MAC) MACCHIAROLE - born 1922. Came out of the Williamsburg/Greenpoint section of Brooklyn. Later moved to the Middle Village/Maspeth area (77-03 Elliot Ave), an adjoining neighborhood where many from that section of Brooklyn later bought homes.
———
Identified by the mid-1960’s as a Genovese member, who later rose to be a top “captain” in the Family.
———
Criminal Activities:
-
Gambling
Loansharking
Extortion and Shakedowns
Labor racketeering (unions)
Strong-arm tactics
Hijacking
Fencing stolen goods
Business infiltration (specifically bars, restaurants and nightclubs)
cigarette smuggling
..........he was a very aggressive guy. Once he established himself, he became a major force on the streets until his demise!
———
“Paddy Mac” was a major figure in racket operations from the mid-1960’s through the late 1970’s, when he was found murdered in Brooklyn.
———
Until his demise, Macchiarole was a very active and visible hoodlum, seemingly having burst onto the mob scene and before long became a dominate figure in both metropolitan New York and South Florida, where he also had established a “beachhead” for mob expansion.
———
Legitimate interests:
-
The Golden Chariot - a popular nightclub during the 1960-70’s era off Queens Blvd. in Forest Hills. This nightclub was a major mob hangout, most everybody from the five boroughs frequented the place for years before and after Paddy.
-
Frigid Express, Corp., a major NJ based trucking firm that was said to be co-owned by Paddy and Frank Tieri.
-
Note: [and many other nightclubs and cocktail lounges both in NY, LI and Florida that Macchiarole and his minions were said to have “pushed in” on.
———
Macchiarole had a large crew of associates that included several cousins and nephews and other men, some who’d grown up in the general area he had, that gravitated to him.
These included:
-
Vincent (Jamsey) Delio - a cousin and close aide, top Family soldier, later slain
-
Thomas (Red) Delio - another cousin and associate, hijacker, also later slain
-
Joseph (Doo Doo) Pastore - cigarette smuggler, hijacker, later set up and killed by Joe Massino over a small debt Massino owed him
-
Richard Dorme - associate, Pastore’s half brother killed after he squawked about his brothers murder
-
Anthony (Donuts) DeDona - another Queens hood, ran a vending-machine firm, handled untaxed-cigarettes
-
Anthony (Big Tony) Capotorto - a young hood (6’-5”, 250lbs) vicious enforcer and extortionist, active in the Fort Lauderdale area until he was shot dead
-
Robert Grimaldi - a bartender and mob associate later charged with setting up a mob murder
-
And many other hoodlums not listed .
-
Note: [notice that five of the seven men listed above met violent deaths in short order.... it was a bloodbath]
—————
Paddy Macchiarole also knew and interacted with many other top mafiosi including:
-
Vincent (Jimmy Nap) Napoli - a neighborhood friend and sometime ally of Paddy. Nap may have served “under” Paddy at one point
-
John (Sonny) Franzese - an original neighborhood power, who Paddy tried to usurp after Sonny’s jailing
-
Philip (Rusty) Rastelli - another neighborhood guy who would become Bonanno boss, Paddy would try and overtake some of his operations
-
Frank (Funzuola) Tieri - acting Boss at the height of Paddy’s power. Believed to have ordered/signed off on his death
-
Ottaviano (Tommy) Lombardi - had become a Family power during Paddy’s tenure at the top
-
Salvatore (Sally Dogs) Lombardi - Family soldier, some say he personally whacked Paddy
-
Ralph (The Beak) Jacobson - Jewish hoodlum from Williamsburg who was indicted with Paddy for murder, Genoese associate
-
Daniel Jacobson - Ralph’s brother, Williamsburg hood, also indicted for murder, Genovese associate
—————-
By the early 1970’s Macchiarole and his minions were making a big name for themselves and garnering major LE scrutiny. Having not learned any lessons from a friendly competitor named Sonny Franzese - (and his downfall) - Paddy seemed to be making the same mistakes by running like “gangbusters” through the streets!
-
Before long several of his men were arrested by the Queens D.A.’s office. First for several beatings and property damage they had done to a nightspot in the area, and
shortly thereafter on extortion charges for “shaking down” that nightclub.
-
Conrad’s Cloud Room, a popular nightclub tucked inside the El Capitan Motel by LaGuardia Airport had become the focus of their efforts. The owner, a black man by the name of Conrad Greaves in 1972 had gone to the Queens district attorney Thomas J. Mackell and told him and top prosecutor Anthony Lombardino that he was being forced to pay $400. weekly in “protection” money to Paddy Mac and his crew since October of 1971.
-
Before long an empaneled grand jury hearing testimony returned an extortion indictment against Macchiarole. They also had brought felonious assault charges against Anthony DeDona, Thomas Delio, Joseph Pastore, Richard Dorme and Alfred Caponera for perjury.
——
Three weeks after Greaves’ testimony got Paddy indicted, Greaves would pay a steep price! One evening after closing his club at 5am while walking to his parked car, several men stepped out from the shadows of the parking garage and pumped several bullets into the complaining nightclub owner, killing him on the spot!
-
Shortly thereafter, all charges against Macchiarole and company were dropped for lack of evidence (no witnesses).
-
The D.A.’s office and the public in general were outraged by this 1920’s “Al Capone - in your face” style underworld assault!
————-
After an intensive investigation by the homicide squad and FBI, another indictment was brought against Macchiarole and his men.....this one for Greaves’ “gangland style” execution!
-
Macchiarole, the two Jacobson brothers, Grimaldi and Delio were charged with his murder. But after a lengthy trial they were all acquitted!
-
The subsequent newspaper publicity and acquittal only added to Paddy Mac’s mystique as an untouchable mafioso...... now Paddy really felt his oats!
——————
He garnered much LE attention and underworld accolades alike in the ensuing 3-4 years through the 1970’s.
-
Then there was total silence!........
One day in 1978, Paddy just up and disappeared after driving off in his new burgundy colored Lincoln Continental from his Maspeth home. He had a busy schedule to meet. As the day progressed, and he failed to
be where he was supposed to be or even contact people, those close to him knew something was very wrong.
-
After his sudden “Houdini Act”, three weeks later, his family received an anonymous tip directing authorities to a automobile parked on a Brooklyn street.
-
There, detectives found his body, stuffed in the trunk of his own car, hog-tied “gangland-style” and shot and stabbed numerous times. The body was in a badly decomposed state, indicating that it had been there awhile.
-
Several years before Paddy’s death, and within a year after his murder, some of his closest relatives also met untimely deaths.
-
These included his cousin-nephew, reputed hijacker Thomas (Red) Delio, found murdered in 1974. Shot multiple times, he was found inside his car trunk. LE suggested that he was silenced to protect his older cousin Paddy.
-
In 1979, his own son John (33), was shot multiple times in the head by a masked gunman in a Maspeth tavern John owned not long after his father got killed. It was alleged by informants that John was killed for talking out loud about avenging his father’s 1978 murder.
-
Not long after that in October 1980, Jamsey Delio (55) would also meet a violent end. Shot dead from multiple pistol wounds to the face and chest by gunmen as he approached the front door of his girlfriend’s Ridgewood, Queens home (1811 Starr Street). Again, Genovese Family intrigue over these multiple murders seemingly all related in such a short period of time puzzled LE, allowing for several “theories”.
——————
The true reasons for these multiple gangland hits have never been uncovered. But one things for sure, just as quickly as Paddy and his crew blasted onto the scene like gangbusters, they were all blasted off the scene with bullets!
———-
I guess some would call his grizzly murder being “Paddy-whacked”!
-
.......Paddy was only 56 years old!
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