by JoePuzzles234 » Sat Jun 04, 2022 2:58 am
From the 1978 Organized Crime Control Commission report for California:
DIGIROLAMO, VINCENT JAMES
DiGirolamo was the president of a San Jose construction company where Salvatore Bonanno was
employed during 1974, just after Bonanno~s release
from prison. The construction company was the subject of a consumer fraud investigation by a San
Jose newspaper, which uncovered a link between
DiGirolamo's company and another in San Diego which
was operated by organized crime figures. In 1974,
the newspaper documented meetings between
DiGirolamo, Bonann% and Mafia members James
Fratianno and the late Frank Bompensiero.
DiGirolamo was arrested in 1976 for offering to buy
stolen goods from undercover agents posing as
burglars. According to affidavits filed in the
case, DiGirolamo told the agents that he was a member of the Mafia and the head of a burglary ring.
Sort of interesting that he isn't specifically linked to any family despite his membership. Though the report is inconsistent in this aspect:
DRAGNA, LOUIS TOM
Louis Tom Dragna is the nephew of the late Jack
Dragna, who, until his death in 1957, was the leader
of the Southern California Mafia. Louis Dragna is
closely associated with many California organized
crime figures and has been named as a high-ranking
Mafia member by the California Assembly Subcommittee
on Rackets [1959) and the U.S. Congressional Record
(1969). He was convicted of extortion in 1959, and
in February of 1978, was indicted for extortion,
along with other Mafia members James Fratianno, Sam
Sciortino, Dominic Brooklier, Michael Rizzitello,
Jack LoCicero, and Thomas Ricciardi. In the extortion case, the defendants are also charged with
conspiracy in the murder of San Diego Mafia member
Frank Bompensiero.
- doesn't explicitly state that Dragna is a Los Angeles member, for example
DEROSA, RAYMOND
DeRosa is a close associate of the Los Angeles Mafia
organization which was controlled by Nick Licata
until his death in 1974. DeRosa has been convicted
for theft from interstate shipment, grand theft and
extortion/racketeering. In £he racketeering case,
DeRosa and other California organized crime figures
such as Sam Sciortino, Dominic Brooklier, and Peter
Milano were charged with extorting Southern California bookmakers and loan sharks by demanding
"tribute" payments, a traditional Mafia activity.
In 1975, DeRosa was sentenced tO the federal prison
at McNeill Island, Washington, for this conviction.
He was released in March of 1978, and he immediately
returned to LOS Angeles.
- another example, where DeRosa is pretty clearly identified as a Los Angeles associate
Regardless, I was wondering if it could be possible that DiGirolamo perhaps transferred to the San Jose family? Per that newspaper article, he did seem fed up with Bonanno's antics and he would not be the first Bonanno member to transfer to SJ (Guestalla and Prospect Mule etc.), though it does seem to conflict with Bonanno telling the informant that DiGirolamo was one of his soldiers.
From the 1978 Organized Crime Control Commission report for California:
[quote]
DIGIROLAMO, VINCENT JAMES
DiGirolamo was the president of a San Jose construction company where Salvatore Bonanno was
employed during 1974, just after Bonanno~s release
from prison. The construction company was the subject of a consumer fraud investigation by a San
Jose newspaper, which uncovered a link between
DiGirolamo's company and another in San Diego which
was operated by organized crime figures. In 1974,
the newspaper documented meetings between
DiGirolamo, Bonann% and Mafia members James
Fratianno and the late Frank Bompensiero.
DiGirolamo was arrested in 1976 for offering to buy
stolen goods from undercover agents posing as
burglars. According to affidavits filed in the
case, DiGirolamo told the agents that he was a member of the Mafia and the head of a burglary ring.
[/quote]
Sort of interesting that he isn't specifically linked to any family despite his membership. Though the report is inconsistent in this aspect:
[quote]
DRAGNA, LOUIS TOM
Louis Tom Dragna is the nephew of the late Jack
Dragna, who, until his death in 1957, was the leader
of the Southern California Mafia. Louis Dragna is
closely associated with many California organized
crime figures and has been named as a high-ranking
Mafia member by the California Assembly Subcommittee
on Rackets [1959) and the U.S. Congressional Record
(1969). He was convicted of extortion in 1959, and
in February of 1978, was indicted for extortion,
along with other Mafia members James Fratianno, Sam
Sciortino, Dominic Brooklier, Michael Rizzitello,
Jack LoCicero, and Thomas Ricciardi. In the extortion case, the defendants are also charged with
conspiracy in the murder of San Diego Mafia member
Frank Bompensiero.
[/quote]
- doesn't explicitly state that Dragna is a Los Angeles member, for example
[quote]
DEROSA, RAYMOND
DeRosa is a close associate of the Los Angeles Mafia
organization which was controlled by Nick Licata
until his death in 1974. DeRosa has been convicted
for theft from interstate shipment, grand theft and
extortion/racketeering. In £he racketeering case,
DeRosa and other California organized crime figures
such as Sam Sciortino, Dominic Brooklier, and Peter
Milano were charged with extorting Southern California bookmakers and loan sharks by demanding
"tribute" payments, a traditional Mafia activity.
In 1975, DeRosa was sentenced tO the federal prison
at McNeill Island, Washington, for this conviction.
He was released in March of 1978, and he immediately
returned to LOS Angeles.
[/quote]
- another example, where DeRosa is pretty clearly identified as a Los Angeles associate
Regardless, I was wondering if it could be possible that DiGirolamo perhaps transferred to the San Jose family? Per that newspaper article, he did seem fed up with Bonanno's antics and he would not be the first Bonanno member to transfer to SJ (Guestalla and Prospect Mule etc.), though it does seem to conflict with Bonanno telling the informant that DiGirolamo was one of his soldiers.