Maxie's Bonanno Profiles

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JAMES (JIMMY) GENNA - born 1916 in Brooklyn (Williamsburg section). Relocated to Queens, then moved to LI by the early 1950’s (1977 Cecelia Place, Seaford). Brother-in-law to Sereno (Bobby T) Tartamella, Son-in-law of consigliere John Tartamella. Genna himself was an inducted soldier in the Bonanno Family. Active in card games, sports-bookmaking, fencing of stolen goods, counterfeiting, hijacking. He was the owner and operator of a Seaford meat market. He had arrests for operating a still, bookmaking (four times), assault, transporting counterfeit money, grand larceny, fraudulent checks (twice), criminal possession of stolen property. He was convicted of operating a still (6 months), bookmaking (4 times), attempted grand larceny (2.5-5 years suspended), assault (60 days). He was once arrested for assaulting a union dissident in Queens with a pipe which hospitalized the union foreman. Associates included: Tartamella, Nicholas Di Stefano, Michael Casale, Anthony and Gaspare Di Gregorio. Genna is believed to have died in 1997. No dod was available.

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STEFANO (STEVE) MENNA - born 1912 in Brooklyn’s Greenpoint area (673 Metropolitan Ave). A former semi-professional boxer (126-lb. class). Reputed soldier in the old Bonanno Family. Menna hailed from one of the family strongholds, a neighborhood that spawned many a Bonanno. By the mid-1960’s had relocated to Brentwood LI (31 Speed Street). He was an aide to murdered Bonanno Sam (Hank) Perrino. Activities: truck hijacking, shylocking and strong-arm. Menna had a long policy record; grand larceny, assault and robbery,rape, violation of parole, hijacking, disorderly conduct (twice), forgery, consorting with criminals, vagrancy, criminally receiving stolen goods, gun possession, criminal contempt (twice), criminal possession of drugs. He was convicted of robbery (5-10 years), hijacking (3 years), disorderly conduct (twice) and contempt of court (30 days-twice).
Menna’s associates have included; Vito Grimaldi, Rocco Matra, Joseph Maddalone, Philip Mistretta, Frank Mistretta, Philip Rastelli, Angelo D’Andrea and Paul Sciacca. In 1931, he was one of three men arrested for the robbery of a Myrtle Avenue (Ridgewood) “Epstein Clothing” store. In 1969, one of 23 men arrested for narcotics sales on Long Island. Also in 1969, Menna was one of five men convicted on contempt of court charges for refusing to testify before a grand jury probing the Bonanno war. The others were Rocco Matra, Joseph Chilli, Gerald Chilli, Natale (Joe Diamond) Evola. He switched sides in the Bonanno War, first aligned with Perrone and Bonanno, later jumping over to the Paul Sciacca faction. By the late 1970’s, Menna had retired, and died in 1984.

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CAMILLO (CARL) SARDEGNA - born 1925 in NYC. By 1965, he had relocated out to the Dix Hills section of Huntington Township in Suffolk County (10 White Birch Drive). He was identified as a Bonnano “associate”..... very little available about Sardegna’s prior history. He was the owner of a trucking firm that did business on the New York docks. He was active in the bookmaking racket for which he had been arrested. During the “Bonanno War”, he was said to have been affiliated with the Joseph Bonanno faction. He had an arrest record for; bookmaking, forgery, bigamy and violating state wage laws. He had convictions for; bigamy, state wage law violations and bookmaking. Never jailed. After the early 1970’s, nothing is heard from Sardegna, and no additional information was available, including a dod.

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I only know that he was capo in the 70's and that he was demoted after the murder of Galante. And that he is Patrick's father

wasn't Patrick murdered in the early 1970's??

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Patrick DeFilippo died in prison in 2013

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No Kid, I’m talking about Patrick Prisenzano, not DeFilippo

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I was responding to a previous post

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Btw: kid, are you enjoying my Bonanno posts? I know that you’re interested in that family the most,
Am I correct?

[thekiduknow]

I am! I like reading about the lesser known, but still influential members. I'm researching the Bonanno war currently and trying to piece it together, so it's cool to read the profiles and get a picture into that time through them.

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Good

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No Kid, I’m talking about Patrick Prisenzano, not DeFilippo

Patrick Prisenzano doesn't exist. However if you thought about Angelo & Frank Prisinzano, they died in 79 & 70 and they were not murdered

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They were brothers or cousins. Correct..... but, there was a Pat P shot during the 70’s I think. Dont know if he was a relative ?

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I don't know anything about Pat. Angelo & Frank were Brothers

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One of these days, I’ll see if I can pull him up ok