by JCB1977 » Sun Jan 08, 2017 1:24 pm
bobbybats wrote:JCB1977 wrote:bobbybats wrote:Kansas City associate (Rumored to have been made) Joseph Porrello passed away on Nov 2 2016. Joe was convicted along with his soldier father Angelo Porrello of masterminding the Tivol Jewlery Store robbery on the Country Club plaza which at the time was the largest robbery of it's kind estimated to have been around $4,000,000.00. His father and his Father in law were made member of the Kansas City family.
http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/kansas ... =182433170
Any relation to the Cleveland Porrello's?
Yes they are related, I believe their cousins.
Very interesting. I know Rick Porrello fairly well, he's actually going to be putting out a new book on Jewish loanshark/gambling boss Shondor Birns. Good stuff, good post.
[quote="bobbybats"][quote="JCB1977"][quote="bobbybats"]Kansas City associate (Rumored to have been made) Joseph Porrello passed away on Nov 2 2016. Joe was convicted along with his soldier father Angelo Porrello of masterminding the Tivol Jewlery Store robbery on the Country Club plaza which at the time was the largest robbery of it's kind estimated to have been around $4,000,000.00. His father and his Father in law were made member of the Kansas City family.
http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/kansascity/obituary.aspx?pid=182433170[/quote]
Any relation to the Cleveland Porrello's?[/quote]
Yes they are related, I believe their cousins.[/quote]
Very interesting. I know Rick Porrello fairly well, he's actually going to be putting out a new book on Jewish loanshark/gambling boss Shondor Birns. Good stuff, good post.