OcSleeper wrote: ↑Mon Sep 02, 2024 6:14 pm
Any idea who this Vince Lombardo is who Manning said was a captain along with Avignone? I think he means a captain in the "Musitano family" when he says it.
I don’t know who Vince is… I do know the Lombardo name has a long family history of associating with the Buffalo mob. There is a Joseph “Jo Jo” Lombardo who Todaro Sr. gave permission to run a book making operation in the polish area of Buffalo and Cheektowaga and Jo Jo paid up to Todaro. It had been operating for a few years according to an ‘81 FBI document.
There is a Joseph A Lombardo arrested many times on gambling charges in the 60’s and 70’s with known made men and associates of the Buffalo family. I wander is this is “Jo Jo”? This Joseph A appears to be Joseph P Lombardo’s dad (about 80% sure).
Funeral Director Joseph P. Lombardo was caught up in the BUSICO busts as a result of LaRosa becoming an informant.
Also, I believe Joseph P. has a cousin Joseph A Lombardo who is or has been involved. Lombardo is a common name so probably no connection to Vince in Canada… but I’d start with these guys to see if there is.
Should mention the Lombardo name came up in the recent gambling bust in Rochester as well.
I should note there is a 2012 chart floating around the internet that has Vincent Lombardo on it for the Canadian faction and tmarotta had him on the list he put on the LCN Charts Buffalo modern thread.