by Snakes » Tue Jun 30, 2020 2:47 pm
I've seen some internal FBI lists concerning prioritized investigations that I found interesting enough to share here. This would be from around 1987/88. It's fun to see which ones eventually led to a conviction and which ones died on the vine.
The "Score Case." [This one escapes me at the moment. I know "Scores" is a MP strip club but this is "Score," singular. I'm also probably thinking of the big Scores strip club extortion case involving Junior Gotti. Maybe something will come to me later]
Spilotro murders [Later solved in Family Secrets]
John Fecarotta murder [Also solved in Family Secrets]
Vincent Solano and resulting Title 3's [Title 3, or T-3, is code for electronic surveillance. Solano was never charged with a crime and died in 1992. Title 3's often result in separate investigations as other crimes or conspiracies are uncovered separate from the original target of the bug.]
Pat Marcy [Later indicted on public corruption charges; died before trial]
Joseph Ferriola and resulting Title 3's [This was eventually brought to trial and resulted in the conviction of most of the Ferriola Street Crew, although Ferriola died before any charges came down.]
A case involving "Touch of Italy" [Was this the restaurant Dominic Palermo frequented?]
Sam Carlisi [Eventually convicted and died in prison]
Operation "Safebet" [Eventually resulted in a trial and conviction of several Outfit associates, most notably Victor Spilotro, on charges of public corruption, bribery, prostitution, extortion, and credit card fraud]
Angelo LaPietra/26th Street Crew [Eventually resulted in the conviction of Joseph LaMantia; the Frank Calabrese investigation was separate from this one, I believe]
Anthony Centracchio [Interesting in that it alleged potential bribery of public officials to effect an early release for Joseph Lombardo. Lots of redaction here but it also mentioned Centracchio or his crew as possibly being involved in drugs although no details were given. Centracchio was eventually indicted many years later (with no mention of the bribery or drugs) but died before he reached trial. Centracchio was mentioned here as Lombardo's successor as the head of the Grand Avenue crew.]
Gerald Scarpelli [Scarpelli was arrested and agreed to cooperate but later recanted and hung himself in his cell. Scarpelli was suspected by the FBI of being involved in several Outfit-sanctioned murders.]
There were 4 or 5 redacted names. One of them is probably James Marcello as Carlisi was mentioned in the accompanying description. He was indicted and convicted along with Carlisi and several others.
I've seen some internal FBI lists concerning prioritized investigations that I found interesting enough to share here. This would be from around 1987/88. It's fun to see which ones eventually led to a conviction and which ones died on the vine.
The "Score Case." [This one escapes me at the moment. I know "Scores" is a MP strip club but this is "Score," singular. I'm also probably thinking of the big Scores strip club extortion case involving Junior Gotti. Maybe something will come to me later]
Spilotro murders [Later solved in Family Secrets]
John Fecarotta murder [Also solved in Family Secrets]
Vincent Solano and resulting Title 3's [Title 3, or T-3, is code for electronic surveillance. Solano was never charged with a crime and died in 1992. Title 3's often result in separate investigations as other crimes or conspiracies are uncovered separate from the original target of the bug.]
Pat Marcy [Later indicted on public corruption charges; died before trial]
Joseph Ferriola and resulting Title 3's [This was eventually brought to trial and resulted in the conviction of most of the Ferriola Street Crew, although Ferriola died before any charges came down.]
A case involving "Touch of Italy" [Was this the restaurant Dominic Palermo frequented?]
Sam Carlisi [Eventually convicted and died in prison]
Operation "Safebet" [Eventually resulted in a trial and conviction of several Outfit associates, most notably Victor Spilotro, on charges of public corruption, bribery, prostitution, extortion, and credit card fraud]
Angelo LaPietra/26th Street Crew [Eventually resulted in the conviction of Joseph LaMantia; the Frank Calabrese investigation was separate from this one, I believe]
Anthony Centracchio [Interesting in that it alleged potential bribery of public officials to effect an early release for Joseph Lombardo. Lots of redaction here but it also mentioned Centracchio or his crew as possibly being involved in drugs although no details were given. Centracchio was eventually indicted many years later (with no mention of the bribery or drugs) but died before he reached trial. Centracchio was mentioned here as Lombardo's successor as the head of the Grand Avenue crew.]
Gerald Scarpelli [Scarpelli was arrested and agreed to cooperate but later recanted and hung himself in his cell. Scarpelli was suspected by the FBI of being involved in several Outfit-sanctioned murders.]
There were 4 or 5 redacted names. One of them is probably James Marcello as Carlisi was mentioned in the accompanying description. He was indicted and convicted along with Carlisi and several others.