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Re: Louis DeNaples and Mount Airy Casino

by SILENT PARTNERZ » Fri Aug 10, 2018 8:54 am

I have NEVER seen this video footage before! I thought others might want to see it.
I came across it by accident. The ONLY video footage I have ever seen of Mr. McGhee.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bwdfNyPBPjA

Re: Louis DeNaples and Mount Airy Casino

by JCB1977 » Tue Jul 24, 2018 9:24 pm

SILENT PARTNERZ wrote: Tue Jul 24, 2018 9:08 am The entire valley is economically depressed.
No more coal mines, only slag heaps. No more
dress factories- moved to Asia. Corrupt judges- busted.
Policy racket gone. Game over.
It’s been like that since the 1980’s. D’Elia had powerful contacts...”Friends” and he more the less free lanced with NY, Philly, Pittsburgh & Cleveland. He was a favorite of Kelly Mannarino bc Billy was thought of as a son by Bufalino. Bufalino and Kelly were extremely close friends...not just business partners.

Re: Louis DeNaples and Mount Airy Casino

by SILENT PARTNERZ » Tue Jul 24, 2018 9:08 am

The entire valley is economically depressed.
No more coal mines, only slag heaps. No more
dress factories- moved to Asia. Corrupt judges- busted.
Policy racket gone. Game over.

Re: Louis DeNaples and Mount Airy Casino

by Rocco » Tue Jul 24, 2018 8:00 am

I don't know much about Billy Delia other then he was involved with guys from NY in the waste hauling/carting biz. But that was waaaaay back in the early 80s. I don't think his ratting out really effected anyone. By the time he went down....who was left as far as made members in that family? just him no? If Philly had something going with him 15yrs ago...they were probably walking all over him as has no juice..no family. Kinda like the Gambinos walking all over Tampa...

Re: Louis DeNaples and Mount Airy Casino

by SILENT PARTNERZ » Fri Jul 20, 2018 12:06 pm

JCB1977 wrote: Fri Jul 20, 2018 11:55 am
SILENT PARTNERZ wrote: Fri Jul 20, 2018 7:17 am
UTC wrote: Thu Jul 19, 2018 9:44 pm I was always amazed DeNaples got a license to begin with.
They had local judges and politicians in Harrisburg on board.
One of the few things Birkbeck's book provided was a pretty
good overview of the Mt. Airy Casino episode.
Birbeck's book barely touched on Bufalino, it was all about Mount Airy and D'Elia. Plus, he named Sonny Ciancutti boss of Pittsburgh in his book.
It was a HUGE disappointment! Seemed like all he used was WIKI and newspaper articles. I hope one of the respected OC authors will go to the valley, do research and write a proper book about him.

Re: Louis DeNaples and Mount Airy Casino

by JCB1977 » Fri Jul 20, 2018 11:55 am

SILENT PARTNERZ wrote: Fri Jul 20, 2018 7:17 am
UTC wrote: Thu Jul 19, 2018 9:44 pm I was always amazed DeNaples got a license to begin with.
They had local judges and politicians in Harrisburg on board.
One of the few things Birkbeck's book provided was a pretty
good overview of the Mt. Airy Casino episode.
Birbeck's book barely touched on Bufalino, it was all about Mount Airy and D'Elia. Plus, he named Sonny Ciancutti boss of Pittsburgh in his book.

Re: Louis DeNaples and Mount Airy Casino

by SILENT PARTNERZ » Fri Jul 20, 2018 7:17 am

UTC wrote: Thu Jul 19, 2018 9:44 pm I was always amazed DeNaples got a license to begin with.
They had local judges and politicians in Harrisburg on board.
One of the few things Birkbeck's book provided was a pretty
good overview of the Mt. Airy Casino episode.

Re: Louis DeNaples and Mount Airy Casino

by UTC » Thu Jul 19, 2018 9:44 pm

I was always amazed DeNaples got a license to begin with.

Re: Louis DeNaples and Mount Airy Casino

by JCB1977 » Thu Jul 19, 2018 8:27 pm

SILENT PARTNERZ wrote: Thu Jul 19, 2018 1:10 pm JCB, REALLY good article on Bufalino! He is one of the most intriguing mob bosses IMO.
His power came from his control of PA politicians and judges. The nexus of OH ; PA; NJ ; NY
constitutes the powerhouse on LCN. Having control over the politicians meant other bosses
came McGee for favors, hence his prominence.
People could shit on him all they want, he was highly respected by Sicilian Dons in Sicily and the US & Canada. He had all the manufacturing facilities for dresses and stuff that all went to the Garment District in New York. He had that whole territory and parts of New York to himself.

Re: Louis DeNaples and Mount Airy Casino

by SILENT PARTNERZ » Thu Jul 19, 2018 1:10 pm

JCB, REALLY good article on Bufalino! He is one of the most intriguing mob bosses IMO.
His power came from his control of PA politicians and judges. The nexus of OH ; PA; NJ ; NY
constitutes the powerhouse on LCN. Having control over the politicians meant other bosses
came McGee for favors, hence his prominence.

Re: Louis DeNaples and Mount Airy Casino

by FriendofHenry » Thu Jul 19, 2018 12:27 pm

JCB1977 wrote: Thu Jul 19, 2018 11:28 am
SILENT PARTNERZ wrote: Thu Jul 19, 2018 9:15 am
JCB1977 wrote: Thu Jul 19, 2018 7:38 am
SILENT PARTNERZ wrote: Thu Jul 19, 2018 7:27 am
JCB1977 wrote: Thu Jul 19, 2018 7:20 am
NJShore4Life wrote: Wed Jul 18, 2018 5:05 pm
Wiseguy wrote: Wed Jul 18, 2018 4:56 pm "Not much left" is the key phrase and an understatement. Except for literally one or two other guys, D'Elia was just about the last man standing. He didn't testify against any other mob guys and nobody would have considered him worth the bother anyhow. Especially nowadays.
Ligambi was regularly meeting with D’Elia in the 2000s, it’s well documented.
Billy D'Elia was close to Pittsburgh and Youngstown OC figures as well. He had a waster hauling scheme and recommended Youngstown businessman Vic Calautti to launder all the money for mob bosses in Scranton (Bufalino) Pittsburgh (Genovese) and Philly (Stanfa).

Vic Calautti actually had a contract out on his head by Joey Naples. Naples and his brothers killed Vic's brother Paul back in the 1960's. Calautti had ties to financiers at Swiss Banks and overseas where all the narcotics money was laundered.

http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=32 ... town&hl=en


http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=NS ... utti&hl=en


I remember back on the old RD when you posted this info.
It still blows me away how much $ that Vic handled for these guys.
Crime definately paid for this group. Thanks for posting this again!
I agree that the amounts of money being laundered were staggering. I need to dig out court docs because the final numbers were around $460 million. Mike Genovese personally gave over $15 million to be laundered and invested the rest of his money in commercial real estate in a Highland Park, PA real estate firm.
Makes you wonder who ended up with all of Larocca and Genovese's $. I know Russ Bufalino has sons. Not sure about the Pitt guys.
Russ Bufalino had no children at all. From my understanding, he left money to his nieces and nephews from both sides of the family to be split equally. https://www.thetimes-tribune.com/news/t ... -1.1176403

John LaRocca had one son, John LaRocca Jr. He was Vice President of Local 1058 LIUNA, appointed in 1983 as a business agent. He inherited a boatload of money.

Mike Genovese had one son who is still in the midst of fighting Mike's 3rd wife, Jennie. The court just ordered her to sell the home and proceeds are to be split in half. Mike two daughters from his first marriage are both deceased, cancer. Most of Mike's money was laundered into commercial properties which have already been sold and the proceeds split between Mike's son and his widow. Mike's son has a position with the Post Gazette Truck Drivers Union.
Jo Jo's brother PK, given name Charles after their father, was a BA for the Post Gazette Truck Driver Union. Funny coincidence maybe?

Re: Louis DeNaples and Mount Airy Casino

by JCB1977 » Thu Jul 19, 2018 11:28 am

SILENT PARTNERZ wrote: Thu Jul 19, 2018 9:15 am
JCB1977 wrote: Thu Jul 19, 2018 7:38 am
SILENT PARTNERZ wrote: Thu Jul 19, 2018 7:27 am
JCB1977 wrote: Thu Jul 19, 2018 7:20 am
NJShore4Life wrote: Wed Jul 18, 2018 5:05 pm
Wiseguy wrote: Wed Jul 18, 2018 4:56 pm "Not much left" is the key phrase and an understatement. Except for literally one or two other guys, D'Elia was just about the last man standing. He didn't testify against any other mob guys and nobody would have considered him worth the bother anyhow. Especially nowadays.
Ligambi was regularly meeting with D’Elia in the 2000s, it’s well documented.
Billy D'Elia was close to Pittsburgh and Youngstown OC figures as well. He had a waster hauling scheme and recommended Youngstown businessman Vic Calautti to launder all the money for mob bosses in Scranton (Bufalino) Pittsburgh (Genovese) and Philly (Stanfa).

Vic Calautti actually had a contract out on his head by Joey Naples. Naples and his brothers killed Vic's brother Paul back in the 1960's. Calautti had ties to financiers at Swiss Banks and overseas where all the narcotics money was laundered.

http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=32 ... town&hl=en


http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=NS ... utti&hl=en


I remember back on the old RD when you posted this info.
It still blows me away how much $ that Vic handled for these guys.
Crime definately paid for this group. Thanks for posting this again!
I agree that the amounts of money being laundered were staggering. I need to dig out court docs because the final numbers were around $460 million. Mike Genovese personally gave over $15 million to be laundered and invested the rest of his money in commercial real estate in a Highland Park, PA real estate firm.
Makes you wonder who ended up with all of Larocca and Genovese's $. I know Russ Bufalino has sons. Not sure about the Pitt guys.
Russ Bufalino had no children at all. From my understanding, he left money to his nieces and nephews from both sides of the family to be split equally. https://www.thetimes-tribune.com/news/t ... -1.1176403

John LaRocca had one son, John LaRocca Jr. He was Vice President of Local 1058 LIUNA, appointed in 1983 as a business agent. He inherited a boatload of money.

Mike Genovese had one son who is still in the midst of fighting Mike's 3rd wife, Jennie. The court just ordered her to sell the home and proceeds are to be split in half. Mike two daughters from his first marriage are both deceased, cancer. Most of Mike's money was laundered into commercial properties which have already been sold and the proceeds split between Mike's son and his widow. Mike's son has a position with the Post Gazette Truck Drivers Union.

Re: Louis DeNaples and Mount Airy Casino

by SILENT PARTNERZ » Thu Jul 19, 2018 9:15 am

JCB1977 wrote: Thu Jul 19, 2018 7:38 am
SILENT PARTNERZ wrote: Thu Jul 19, 2018 7:27 am
JCB1977 wrote: Thu Jul 19, 2018 7:20 am
NJShore4Life wrote: Wed Jul 18, 2018 5:05 pm
Wiseguy wrote: Wed Jul 18, 2018 4:56 pm "Not much left" is the key phrase and an understatement. Except for literally one or two other guys, D'Elia was just about the last man standing. He didn't testify against any other mob guys and nobody would have considered him worth the bother anyhow. Especially nowadays.
Ligambi was regularly meeting with D’Elia in the 2000s, it’s well documented.
Billy D'Elia was close to Pittsburgh and Youngstown OC figures as well. He had a waster hauling scheme and recommended Youngstown businessman Vic Calautti to launder all the money for mob bosses in Scranton (Bufalino) Pittsburgh (Genovese) and Philly (Stanfa).

Vic Calautti actually had a contract out on his head by Joey Naples. Naples and his brothers killed Vic's brother Paul back in the 1960's. Calautti had ties to financiers at Swiss Banks and overseas where all the narcotics money was laundered.

http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=32 ... town&hl=en


http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=NS ... utti&hl=en


I remember back on the old RD when you posted this info.
It still blows me away how much $ that Vic handled for these guys.
Crime definately paid for this group. Thanks for posting this again!
I agree that the amounts of money being laundered were staggering. I need to dig out court docs because the final numbers were around $460 million. Mike Genovese personally gave over $15 million to be laundered and invested the rest of his money in commercial real estate in a Highland Park, PA real estate firm.
Makes you wonder who ended up with all of Larocca and Genovese's $. I know Russ Bufalino has sons. Not sure about the Pitt guys.

Re: Louis DeNaples and Mount Airy Casino

by JCB1977 » Thu Jul 19, 2018 7:38 am

SILENT PARTNERZ wrote: Thu Jul 19, 2018 7:27 am
JCB1977 wrote: Thu Jul 19, 2018 7:20 am
NJShore4Life wrote: Wed Jul 18, 2018 5:05 pm
Wiseguy wrote: Wed Jul 18, 2018 4:56 pm "Not much left" is the key phrase and an understatement. Except for literally one or two other guys, D'Elia was just about the last man standing. He didn't testify against any other mob guys and nobody would have considered him worth the bother anyhow. Especially nowadays.
Ligambi was regularly meeting with D’Elia in the 2000s, it’s well documented.
Billy D'Elia was close to Pittsburgh and Youngstown OC figures as well. He had a waster hauling scheme and recommended Youngstown businessman Vic Calautti to launder all the money for mob bosses in Scranton (Bufalino) Pittsburgh (Genovese) and Philly (Stanfa).

Vic Calautti actually had a contract out on his head by Joey Naples. Naples and his brothers killed Vic's brother Paul back in the 1960's. Calautti had ties to financiers at Swiss Banks and overseas where all the narcotics money was laundered.

http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=32 ... town&hl=en


http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=NS ... utti&hl=en
I remember back on the old RD when you posted this info.
It still blows me away how much $ that Vic handled for these guys.
Crime definately paid for this group. Thanks for posting this again!
I agree that the amounts of money being laundered were staggering. I need to dig out court docs because the final numbers were around $460 million. Mike Genovese personally gave over $15 million to be laundered and invested the rest of his money in commercial real estate in a Highland Park, PA real estate firm.

Re: Louis DeNaples and Mount Airy Casino

by JCB1977 » Thu Jul 19, 2018 7:31 am

gohnjotti wrote: Wed Jul 18, 2018 6:44 pm
Fughedaboutit wrote: Wed Jul 18, 2018 6:41 pm
gohnjotti wrote: Wed Jul 18, 2018 6:40 pm
Fughedaboutit wrote: Wed Jul 18, 2018 6:01 pm
Wiseguy wrote: Wed Jul 18, 2018 4:56 pm "Not much left" is the key phrase and an understatement. Except for literally one or two other guys, D'Elia was just about the last man standing. He didn't testify against any other mob guys and nobody would have considered him worth the bother anyhow. Especially nowadays.
Okay...will you ever stop halting threads with the same shit?

Nobody cares...let us discuss and go elsewhere

:roll:
It was a good point by Wiseguy as in, D'Elia was essentially an independent criminal testifying against his criminal cohorts - no mob ties. The Bufalino was defunct by that point so there is really no point in going after D'Elia.
If you can't see what he is doing, which is the same thing he has been doing for YEARS...then you are either new or drinking the kool aid.
I, for one, have no clue why mobsters from Philadelphia would have any conceivable reason to, in the 21st century, try to retaliate against Billy D'Elia, who hurt them in no way and who didn't hurt the overall LCN in any way.
Something big is about to go down in Philly. Indictments are looming in the not too distant future. Lots of rats are talking. Philly had enough to worry about let alone Billy D'Elia.

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