by Geekgang666 » Thu Sep 28, 2017 1:45 pm
Dominick "Dom" Anzalone (1903-1983) was a prominent member of the San Jose crime family and former Monessen, PA. gambling racketeer. Anzalone was born in Ventimiglia Palermo, Italy on Feb 11, 1903, He was described as short and swarthy and first resided in Pennsylvania upon his arrival in the U.S. where he claimed to be a fruit merchant and was associated with the Pittsburgh crime family. He controlled a nationwide horse racing racket in Westmoreland and Fayette County. Anzalone also owned some 20 race horses and took bets and fixed horse races. His legal troubles began in the early 1950s when Anzalone was charged with falsely representing himself as an American citizen (claiming to be born in Louisiana) but the conviction was later overturned on a technicality. Around this time he also began to face deportation proceedings over his reputation as an alleged "Racket's boss" and was the main subject of a Maryland Racing Commission investigation on mafia infiltration in horse racing in Baltimore for 'buying' jockeys. Anzalone once admitted before a court of law that he was a gambler and "did very well at it". In June 1956, deportation actions by the US prosecutors were thrown out and Anzalone was permitted to remain in the United States. Anzalone, like many other Pennsylvania and Pittsburgh family mobsters, later moved west to San Jose in 1961. He became a soldier of the San Jose crime family under Joseph Cerrito and remained active in organized criminal activities until his death in 1983.
Dominick "Dom" Anzalone (1903-1983) was a prominent member of the San Jose crime family and former Monessen, PA. gambling racketeer. Anzalone was born in Ventimiglia Palermo, Italy on Feb 11, 1903, He was described as short and swarthy and first resided in Pennsylvania upon his arrival in the U.S. where he claimed to be a fruit merchant and was associated with the Pittsburgh crime family. He controlled a nationwide horse racing racket in Westmoreland and Fayette County. Anzalone also owned some 20 race horses and took bets and fixed horse races. His legal troubles began in the early 1950s when Anzalone was charged with falsely representing himself as an American citizen (claiming to be born in Louisiana) but the conviction was later overturned on a technicality. Around this time he also began to face deportation proceedings over his reputation as an alleged "Racket's boss" and was the main subject of a Maryland Racing Commission investigation on mafia infiltration in horse racing in Baltimore for 'buying' jockeys. Anzalone once admitted before a court of law that he was a gambler and "did very well at it". In June 1956, deportation actions by the US prosecutors were thrown out and Anzalone was permitted to remain in the United States. Anzalone, like many other Pennsylvania and Pittsburgh family mobsters, later moved west to San Jose in 1961. He became a soldier of the San Jose crime family under Joseph Cerrito and remained active in organized criminal activities until his death in 1983.