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September 25, 1931
Seized in Park Av. Killing
James Alsacia, 31, a salesman, 335 E. 20th St., NY, NY, Stefano Rannelli, 29, 335 E. 20th St., NY, NY, and Felix Mule, 20, 710 E. 52nd St., Brooklyn, were arrested at Avenue L and Coney Island Ave. in Brooklyn on September 24, 1931, and held for questioning for the murder of Salvatore Maranzano. The men were arrested based on a tip.
February 1, 1936
Police Raid Dice Game
55 men were arrested at 2am, in a police raid on a Harlem apartment where one of NYC's largest dice games was being run. The game was in an apartment on the third floor of the tenement building at 110 W. 116th St. near Lenox Ave. in Harlem, and was operated by Charlie Luciano and "under the personal direction of Luciano's chief aide, Trigger Mike Coppolla." Two of the men arrested were held in on bail, those being Thomas Lorusso, 28, 210 W. 170th St., NY, NY, and Arman Bale, 26, 380 E. 115th St. NY, NY.
January 12, 1948
Ten Arrest Bare Policy Ring Taking $100,000 A Week
Police "smashed one of the biggest policy rings in the city...Brooklyn DA Samuel Gitlin said during an average week, the operation grossed $100,000." The raids were conducted by Police Commissioner Arthur Wallander "confidential squad." The raids were carried out in the Bensonhurst, Bath Beach, and Coney Island neighborhoods. The first raid was at 2258 83rd Street, a location used a makeshift printing shop for policy slips, where Ignatz Mortarano, 62, the home's resident, was arrested. Also arrested there were Iswardo Mangano, 29, 2696 Stillwell Ave., and Anthony D'Amico, 37, 228 Fourth Ave., Brooklyn. The second raid was at 8205 14th Ave., where the police arrested Joseph Tipa, 62, and Salvatore Profaci, 8215 14th Ave., and seized adding machines and account sheets. This was believed to be the operation's headquarters. The third raid was at 1901 Cropsey Ave., where in a rear office the police arrested Joseph Tipa, Jr., son of the policy banker, as well as Philip Mangano, 40, 132 Ave. V (brother of Iswardo), Samuel V. Andolina, 40, 132 Ave. V, and Philip Fontano, 50, 1925 73rd St. The last raid was at 2696 Stillwell Ave., where Gaetano Mangano, 66, was arrested.
March 20, 1965
Mafia Looks to Ex-Restauranteur With No Record to Fill a Top Job
69 year old Frank Saverio Celano, believed to "be in the running for Genovese's" boss position. "Others under consideration are such higher-echelon Mafiosi as Thomas Eboli, Michele Miranda, and Gerardo Catena. "Celano is listed by the FBI as a suspected loan shark and was named by Joseph Valachi as a low-ranking soldier." Celano said, "That's crazy. There's northing like that. There's so much crazy talk going around. I have nothing to do with that." Reporters questioned Celano, a slim man with thinning hair and brown eyes, while he wore pajamas at 1:30 PM, in front of his residence at 146 Lafayette Street, at the northern end of Little Italy. Celano's former restaurant was located at 46 Kenmare St., and was a gathering place for members of the Genovese Family. "The corner of Kenmare and Mulberry Streets a few doors away was known to the police as 'Genovese's Corner' and the 'crossroads of the underworld'."
November 9, 1971
6 Seized in Bet Raid After Appearance at Gambling Inquiry
6 men were arrested on gambling charges in a Brooklyn tavern after they had appeared before a grand jury investigating organized crime and gambling; each of the men face contempt charges for their reluctance to testify. The men were arrested at the Dixie Tavern, 671 Fifth Avenue at 20th Street in Park Slope, Brooklyn. in total, 12 men were arrested, all of whom were gathered around a table gambling. The 6 who faced contempt charges were John Demma, Thomas Marino, Pasquale Cosentino, John Bizarro, and Ralph Pollizio.
December 5, 1952
Hoodlums Guests at Union Wedding
1951 Nuptials of Dock Boss' Daughter Called Gay Event - Cost $20,000
Michael Clemente hosted a 467 guest wedding for his daughter at the Biltmore Hotel, which showed the hotel bill was $10,739.64, and investigators learned that Michael Castellano, a shipping executive, had donated $11,000 to Clemente, to pay for the wedding. An additional $10,000 was spent on alcohol at the wedding. The wedding took place on September 5, 1951. Prominent among the guests were Albert Anastasia, his brother Anthony Anastasio, and other blood relatives of the Anastasia/Anastasio families. Also in attendance were Willie Moretti, "the talkative lieutenant of Joe Adonis, who was to be felled by an assassin's bullet a month later at Cliffside Park..Willie had made arrangements for a party of five." Joseph (Socks) Lanza was there, despite being on parole; William Cox, a reputed bookmaker, policy boss, and racketeer was present; Vincent Crissalli, Joseph (the Brain) Chiara, and "lesser gangland figures" were in attendance. The list of union officials included "Joseph P. Ryan, president of the ILA; Thomas (Teddy) Gleason, now an opponent of Mr. Ryan and delegate of ILA Local 1346..." "The observers had noted that some of the hoodlums present had come from Las Vegas, Nev.; Hollywood and Miami, Fl.; and Hot Springs, Ark.
April 1, 1965
Tax-Fraud Charge Laid to Castellana
Peter Castellana was arraigned on a 9 count indictment charging income tax fraud from 1959 to 1961, with the fraud in excess of $100,000. Castellana, 37, of 8801 Farragut Road, Brooklyn, "is a nephew of Paul Castellana, who attended the Apalachin crime convention in 1957, and a partner in a meat business with Paul Gambino, a racketeer. He is also associated in the money-lending business with Carmine Lombardozzi, a notorious underworld figure."
March 19, 1958
Hoodlum is Killed in 2nd Gang Shooting
A trucker found Bartholomew (Buggsy) Garofolo, 24, of 2857 W. 16th St, Brooklyn, shot to death in a lot at Ave. W and E. 69th St.. Garofolo was a friend of Alexander Menditto, 17, of 3083 Cropsey Ave., Brooklyn, who was found the previous Sunday in a Bergen Beach lot, with five gunshot wounds, and was being treated at a hospital. Detectives suspected Dominick (Mimi) Scialo, 30, of 2827 W. 15th St.
[b][u]September 25, 1931
Seized in Park Av. Killing[/u][/b]
James Alsacia, 31, a salesman, 335 E. 20th St., NY, NY, Stefano Rannelli, 29, 335 E. 20th St., NY, NY, and Felix Mule, 20, 710 E. 52nd St., Brooklyn, were arrested at Avenue L and Coney Island Ave. in Brooklyn on September 24, 1931, and held for questioning for the murder of Salvatore Maranzano. The men were arrested based on a tip.
[b][u]February 1, 1936
Police Raid Dice Game[/u][/b]
55 men were arrested at 2am, in a police raid on a Harlem apartment where one of NYC's largest dice games was being run. The game was in an apartment on the third floor of the tenement building at 110 W. 116th St. near Lenox Ave. in Harlem, and was operated by Charlie Luciano and "under the personal direction of Luciano's chief aide, Trigger Mike Coppolla." Two of the men arrested were held in on bail, those being Thomas Lorusso, 28, 210 W. 170th St., NY, NY, and Arman Bale, 26, 380 E. 115th St. NY, NY.
[b][u]January 12, 1948
Ten Arrest Bare Policy Ring Taking $100,000 A Week[/u][/b]
Police "smashed one of the biggest policy rings in the city...Brooklyn DA Samuel Gitlin said during an average week, the operation grossed $100,000." The raids were conducted by Police Commissioner Arthur Wallander "confidential squad." The raids were carried out in the Bensonhurst, Bath Beach, and Coney Island neighborhoods. The first raid was at 2258 83rd Street, a location used a makeshift printing shop for policy slips, where Ignatz Mortarano, 62, the home's resident, was arrested. Also arrested there were Iswardo Mangano, 29, 2696 Stillwell Ave., and Anthony D'Amico, 37, 228 Fourth Ave., Brooklyn. The second raid was at 8205 14th Ave., where the police arrested Joseph Tipa, 62, and Salvatore Profaci, 8215 14th Ave., and seized adding machines and account sheets. This was believed to be the operation's headquarters. The third raid was at 1901 Cropsey Ave., where in a rear office the police arrested Joseph Tipa, Jr., son of the policy banker, as well as Philip Mangano, 40, 132 Ave. V (brother of Iswardo), Samuel V. Andolina, 40, 132 Ave. V, and Philip Fontano, 50, 1925 73rd St. The last raid was at 2696 Stillwell Ave., where Gaetano Mangano, 66, was arrested.
[b][u]March 20, 1965
Mafia Looks to Ex-Restauranteur With No Record to Fill a Top Job[/u][/b]
69 year old Frank Saverio Celano, believed to "be in the running for Genovese's" boss position. "Others under consideration are such higher-echelon Mafiosi as Thomas Eboli, Michele Miranda, and Gerardo Catena. "Celano is listed by the FBI as a suspected loan shark and was named by Joseph Valachi as a low-ranking soldier." Celano said, "That's crazy. There's northing like that. There's so much crazy talk going around. I have nothing to do with that." Reporters questioned Celano, a slim man with thinning hair and brown eyes, while he wore pajamas at 1:30 PM, in front of his residence at 146 Lafayette Street, at the northern end of Little Italy. Celano's former restaurant was located at 46 Kenmare St., and was a gathering place for members of the Genovese Family. "The corner of Kenmare and Mulberry Streets a few doors away was known to the police as 'Genovese's Corner' and the 'crossroads of the underworld'."
[u][b]
November 9, 1971
6 Seized in Bet Raid After Appearance at Gambling Inquiry[/b][/u]
6 men were arrested on gambling charges in a Brooklyn tavern after they had appeared before a grand jury investigating organized crime and gambling; each of the men face contempt charges for their reluctance to testify. The men were arrested at the Dixie Tavern, 671 Fifth Avenue at 20th Street in Park Slope, Brooklyn. in total, 12 men were arrested, all of whom were gathered around a table gambling. The 6 who faced contempt charges were John Demma, Thomas Marino, Pasquale Cosentino, John Bizarro, and Ralph Pollizio.
[b][u]
December 5, 1952
Hoodlums Guests at Union Wedding
1951 Nuptials of Dock Boss' Daughter Called Gay Event - Cost $20,000[/u][/b]
Michael Clemente hosted a 467 guest wedding for his daughter at the Biltmore Hotel, which showed the hotel bill was $10,739.64, and investigators learned that Michael Castellano, a shipping executive, had donated $11,000 to Clemente, to pay for the wedding. An additional $10,000 was spent on alcohol at the wedding. The wedding took place on September 5, 1951. Prominent among the guests were Albert Anastasia, his brother Anthony Anastasio, and other blood relatives of the Anastasia/Anastasio families. Also in attendance were Willie Moretti, "the talkative lieutenant of Joe Adonis, who was to be felled by an assassin's bullet a month later at Cliffside Park..Willie had made arrangements for a party of five." Joseph (Socks) Lanza was there, despite being on parole; William Cox, a reputed bookmaker, policy boss, and racketeer was present; Vincent Crissalli, Joseph (the Brain) Chiara, and "lesser gangland figures" were in attendance. The list of union officials included "Joseph P. Ryan, president of the ILA; Thomas (Teddy) Gleason, now an opponent of Mr. Ryan and delegate of ILA Local 1346..." "The observers had noted that some of the hoodlums present had come from Las Vegas, Nev.; Hollywood and Miami, Fl.; and Hot Springs, Ark.
[b][u]April 1, 1965
Tax-Fraud Charge Laid to Castellana[/u][/b]
Peter Castellana was arraigned on a 9 count indictment charging income tax fraud from 1959 to 1961, with the fraud in excess of $100,000. Castellana, 37, of 8801 Farragut Road, Brooklyn, "is a nephew of Paul Castellana, who attended the Apalachin crime convention in 1957, and a partner in a meat business with Paul Gambino, a racketeer. He is also associated in the money-lending business with Carmine Lombardozzi, a notorious underworld figure."
[b][u]March 19, 1958
Hoodlum is Killed in 2nd Gang Shooting[/u][/b]
A trucker found Bartholomew (Buggsy) Garofolo, 24, of 2857 W. 16th St, Brooklyn, shot to death in a lot at Ave. W and E. 69th St.. Garofolo was a friend of Alexander Menditto, 17, of 3083 Cropsey Ave., Brooklyn, who was found the previous Sunday in a Bergen Beach lot, with five gunshot wounds, and was being treated at a hospital. Detectives suspected Dominick (Mimi) Scialo, 30, of 2827 W. 15th St.