by B. » Fri Oct 02, 2015 8:15 am
HairyKnuckles wrote:B. wrote:Scarpa talked about a 1981 sitdown held in Brooklyn and attended by Carmine Persico, Tom DiBella, Jerry Langella, other Colombos, and "high-ranking members" of the DeCavalcante family. He claimed it was "serious" and involved John Matera, who had been killed previously.
The DeCavalcantes' Brooklyn faction had a presence in Miami, so I assume it was related to that but I would be curious who was involved.
Anyone know more about this?
According to a CI the Colombo captain down in south Florida Johnny Matera, had apparently moved some of his rackets into other Family´s territories which caused a tension with the Gambinos. Sitdowns to solve the matter took place in early 1981. The CI said that also some Utica members were involved, but I don´t know on which side of the table. Although not mentioned by the CI, it´s possible the DeCavalcantes too had a beef with Matera regarding his rackets expansion. (I´m guessing the sitdowns mentioned by Scarpa are the same ones mentioned by this CI.) If I´m not mistaken, the sitdowns were held down in Florida (but there could have been following up sitdowns later held in Brooklyn I guess.) Matera was later murdered but I´m not sure it had to do with these sitdowns. I think Scarpa said Matera was killed for dealing drugs.
Thanks for the response!
Yeah, Scarpa said Matera was killed for selling drugs, and I think Joe Dogs said in his book that Matera was killed for letting LE follow him to a meeting with Carmine Persico, which violated Persico's parole. Seems to have been one of those guys that was asking for it one way or another.
Since this meeting was held after Matera's death, it may have had to do with distributing the rackets he had apparently taken from other families. Frank Cocchiaro at that time was living in Florida and had some guys down there, so it could have involved them. Sam DeCav himself was living in Florida full-time by then, too.
[quote="HairyKnuckles"][quote="B."]Scarpa talked about a 1981 sitdown held in Brooklyn and attended by Carmine Persico, Tom DiBella, Jerry Langella, other Colombos, and "high-ranking members" of the DeCavalcante family. He claimed it was "serious" and involved John Matera, who had been killed previously.
The DeCavalcantes' Brooklyn faction had a presence in Miami, so I assume it was related to that but I would be curious who was involved.
Anyone know more about this?[/quote]
According to a CI the Colombo captain down in south Florida Johnny Matera, had apparently moved some of his rackets into other Family´s territories which caused a tension with the Gambinos. Sitdowns to solve the matter took place in early 1981. The CI said that also some Utica members were involved, but I don´t know on which side of the table. Although not mentioned by the CI, it´s possible the DeCavalcantes too had a beef with Matera regarding his rackets expansion. (I´m guessing the sitdowns mentioned by Scarpa are the same ones mentioned by this CI.) If I´m not mistaken, the sitdowns were held down in Florida (but there could have been following up sitdowns later held in Brooklyn I guess.) Matera was later murdered but I´m not sure it had to do with these sitdowns. I think Scarpa said Matera was killed for dealing drugs.[/quote]
Thanks for the response!
Yeah, Scarpa said Matera was killed for selling drugs, and I think Joe Dogs said in his book that Matera was killed for letting LE follow him to a meeting with Carmine Persico, which violated Persico's parole. Seems to have been one of those guys that was asking for it one way or another.
Since this meeting was held after Matera's death, it may have had to do with distributing the rackets he had apparently taken from other families. Frank Cocchiaro at that time was living in Florida and had some guys down there, so it could have involved them. Sam DeCav himself was living in Florida full-time by then, too.