by PolackTony » Thu Sep 19, 2024 1:37 pm
NorthBuffalo wrote: ↑Thu Sep 19, 2024 7:33 am
Anyways, back to real information that matters to people who follow these threads - would be interested for anyone's perspective on The Park Boys or what loanshark ring the Giuliano's were connected to within the late 1990s.
Im aware of the Giuliano brothers’ bust in the late 90s but don’t have any further info apart from what you’ve seen already. I can say that I was told by someone within the last couple of years, not a guy from Chicago, that one of the Giuliano brothers is reputed to be affiliated with the “Cicero crew”, but as this individual is not affiliated with Chicago, he was not in the position to verify that info.
Mike Sarno was reputed to have been a Park Boy as well. Park Boys was an Italian club that started around 15th and Austin in Cicero; they also had a chapter in Berwyn. Heavily active in the 70s, closely allied with the Players and the Noble Knights; they began to decline as a street presence in the 90s. The Giulianos and Billy LaPiana, who you posted about, were a later generation of members than guys like Sarno. Billy LaPiana died in 2007. I believe that his father, John LaPiana, is a first cousin of Detroit outfit member Anthony LaPiana (the LaPianas were a Calabrian family from Taylor St that moved out to the burbs in the 60s).
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Anyways, back to real information that matters to people who follow these threads - would be interested for anyone's perspective on The Park Boys or what loanshark ring the Giuliano's were connected to within the late 1990s.
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Im aware of the Giuliano brothers’ bust in the late 90s but don’t have any further info apart from what you’ve seen already. I can say that I was told by someone within the last couple of years, not a guy from Chicago, that one of the Giuliano brothers is reputed to be affiliated with the “Cicero crew”, but as this individual is not affiliated with Chicago, he was not in the position to verify that info.
Mike Sarno was reputed to have been a Park Boy as well. Park Boys was an Italian club that started around 15th and Austin in Cicero; they also had a chapter in Berwyn. Heavily active in the 70s, closely allied with the Players and the Noble Knights; they began to decline as a street presence in the 90s. The Giulianos and Billy LaPiana, who you posted about, were a later generation of members than guys like Sarno. Billy LaPiana died in 2007. I believe that his father, John LaPiana, is a first cousin of Detroit outfit member Anthony LaPiana (the LaPianas were a Calabrian family from Taylor St that moved out to the burbs in the 60s).