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by SonnyC » Wed May 21, 2025 3:04 pm
funkster wrote: ↑Wed May 21, 2025 2:41 pm SonnyC wrote: ↑Wed May 21, 2025 2:01 pm Snakes wrote: ↑Tue May 20, 2025 10:25 am It was also on Reddit. In my experience, if privacy is expected, pics shouldn't be posted on Facebook, whether it's in a private group or not. There's no way for us or any of the mods to know that. Yep, that's the truth. I shared a family photo (my current picture here) and it got blasted out all over. One dude even claimed it was his. There's really no expectation of privacy any longer. You gave the photo to Joe Fosco?
SonnyC wrote: ↑Wed May 21, 2025 2:01 pm Snakes wrote: ↑Tue May 20, 2025 10:25 am It was also on Reddit. In my experience, if privacy is expected, pics shouldn't be posted on Facebook, whether it's in a private group or not. There's no way for us or any of the mods to know that. Yep, that's the truth. I shared a family photo (my current picture here) and it got blasted out all over. One dude even claimed it was his. There's really no expectation of privacy any longer.
Snakes wrote: ↑Tue May 20, 2025 10:25 am It was also on Reddit. In my experience, if privacy is expected, pics shouldn't be posted on Facebook, whether it's in a private group or not. There's no way for us or any of the mods to know that.
by PolackTony » Wed May 21, 2025 2:55 pm
funkster wrote: ↑Wed May 21, 2025 2:43 pm PolackTony wrote: ↑Wed May 21, 2025 2:41 pm NickyEyes1 wrote: ↑Wed May 21, 2025 12:58 pm Very interesting! That whole Glendale/Itasca/Wood Dale/Addison/Bloomingdale/Roselle area still has lots of off the boats Absolutely; many many families with direct immigration ties to Italy (Sicily, Puglia, Campania, Calabria, Basilicata, Molise) in those towns. A guy I work with off the boat lives in Addison. Very big presence for sure.
PolackTony wrote: ↑Wed May 21, 2025 2:41 pm NickyEyes1 wrote: ↑Wed May 21, 2025 12:58 pm Very interesting! That whole Glendale/Itasca/Wood Dale/Addison/Bloomingdale/Roselle area still has lots of off the boats Absolutely; many many families with direct immigration ties to Italy (Sicily, Puglia, Campania, Calabria, Basilicata, Molise) in those towns.
NickyEyes1 wrote: ↑Wed May 21, 2025 12:58 pm Very interesting! That whole Glendale/Itasca/Wood Dale/Addison/Bloomingdale/Roselle area still has lots of off the boats
by funkster » Wed May 21, 2025 2:43 pm
by funkster » Wed May 21, 2025 2:41 pm
by PolackTony » Wed May 21, 2025 2:41 pm
by funkster » Wed May 21, 2025 2:38 pm
by PolackTony » Wed May 21, 2025 2:34 pm
Aunt+Baby wrote: ↑Wed May 21, 2025 12:54 pm That is beyond interesting. It’s fascinating. The suburbs there seem to be havens for zips and native ItaliAN OC. Very curious to see where this leads. And they were all hived up in the same property? I dunno a lot about native Italian OC. Given where they hail from, who could possibly be their “bosses”?
by SonnyC » Wed May 21, 2025 2:01 pm
by RushStreet » Wed May 21, 2025 1:28 pm
by NickyEyes1 » Wed May 21, 2025 12:58 pm
by Aunt+Baby » Wed May 21, 2025 12:54 pm
by PolackTony » Wed May 21, 2025 12:14 pm
NickyEyes1 wrote: ↑Wed May 21, 2025 11:51 am https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/dupag ... -oHsPxt_KQ Interesting story, counterfeit ring. All of them from Naples
by RushStreet » Wed May 21, 2025 12:04 pm
by NickyEyes1 » Wed May 21, 2025 11:51 am
by PolackTony » Wed May 21, 2025 10:23 am
cavita wrote: ↑Wed May 21, 2025 10:12 am PolackTony wrote: ↑Wed May 21, 2025 9:59 am cavita wrote: ↑Wed May 21, 2025 7:59 am Aunt+Baby wrote: ↑Wed May 21, 2025 3:59 am The brutal 1994 murder of zip Giuseppe Vicari has always fascinated me. He was beaten & shot inside his cafe on the west side of the city. I have no idea on the background Apparently he had been arrested the year before on gambling charges and also had poker machines in his basement. Maybe he wasn't cutting the proper people in on the street tax? Where was he from originally? I believe that he was from Altavilla Milicia. I’ve discussed him a bit before on an another thread. At the time of his death, owner of La Casa del Caffe, at Harlem and Balmoral on the Far NW Side. I doubt very much myself that he was killed like that over money. Most likely, he was either talking, or someone at least thought he was. He was busted in 1992 as part of the “Operation Espresso” raids on gambling operations in suburban Italian-owned cafes and social clubs, along with guys like Pietro LaBalestra, Ottavio Volpe, Tomasso Lappo, Carlo Fucarino, and Calogero Pedone, all of whom operated establishments with gambling machines. These guys were a mix of Siciliani and Baresi (LaBalestra, Lappo, and Volpe are Baresi, while Pedone was from Marsala [d. 1995, natural causes] and Fucarino was from Bagheria [d. 2009]. Good chance IMO that Vicari’s murder was related to the fallout over those raids. Obviously, the murder was never solved and investigators never released any suspected motives to the public. Interesting. There are some Pedone people living in the Rockford area that hail from Marsala/Petrosino
PolackTony wrote: ↑Wed May 21, 2025 9:59 am cavita wrote: ↑Wed May 21, 2025 7:59 am Aunt+Baby wrote: ↑Wed May 21, 2025 3:59 am The brutal 1994 murder of zip Giuseppe Vicari has always fascinated me. He was beaten & shot inside his cafe on the west side of the city. I have no idea on the background Apparently he had been arrested the year before on gambling charges and also had poker machines in his basement. Maybe he wasn't cutting the proper people in on the street tax? Where was he from originally? I believe that he was from Altavilla Milicia. I’ve discussed him a bit before on an another thread. At the time of his death, owner of La Casa del Caffe, at Harlem and Balmoral on the Far NW Side. I doubt very much myself that he was killed like that over money. Most likely, he was either talking, or someone at least thought he was. He was busted in 1992 as part of the “Operation Espresso” raids on gambling operations in suburban Italian-owned cafes and social clubs, along with guys like Pietro LaBalestra, Ottavio Volpe, Tomasso Lappo, Carlo Fucarino, and Calogero Pedone, all of whom operated establishments with gambling machines. These guys were a mix of Siciliani and Baresi (LaBalestra, Lappo, and Volpe are Baresi, while Pedone was from Marsala [d. 1995, natural causes] and Fucarino was from Bagheria [d. 2009]. Good chance IMO that Vicari’s murder was related to the fallout over those raids. Obviously, the murder was never solved and investigators never released any suspected motives to the public.
cavita wrote: ↑Wed May 21, 2025 7:59 am Aunt+Baby wrote: ↑Wed May 21, 2025 3:59 am The brutal 1994 murder of zip Giuseppe Vicari has always fascinated me. He was beaten & shot inside his cafe on the west side of the city. I have no idea on the background Apparently he had been arrested the year before on gambling charges and also had poker machines in his basement. Maybe he wasn't cutting the proper people in on the street tax? Where was he from originally?
Aunt+Baby wrote: ↑Wed May 21, 2025 3:59 am The brutal 1994 murder of zip Giuseppe Vicari has always fascinated me. He was beaten & shot inside his cafe on the west side of the city. I have no idea on the background
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